BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intelligent Design, Environmental Determinism, California Sea Lion

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Lecture 6: chapter 3, charles darwin and evolution. Father was a doctor, mother was from the wedgwood family (porcelain). He married to his cousin emma wedgwood, had 10 children. He abandons his studies in medicine and takes a more serious interest in religion (cambridgeu): prerequisite to become a pastor: bachelor of arts. Became interested in nature: taxidermy, insects collecting, botany, etc. In 1831, he leaves on the beagle: ship commissioned by the british gov. to cartograph south america"s coast. Darwin was invited on board as a companion of the captain: the scientist on board resigned quickly, so they asked darwin if he would do it, so then darwin was the naturalist on the beagle. Darwin realized that there were animals living at lower ground were now on cliffs, underwater animals were now above water, etc: andes 3000 metres up, he found fossil bed (mollusks, sea creatures)