BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vertebrate, Mollusca, Uniformitarianism

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

Document Summary

Lecture 5: chapter 2, theories and thinkers continued. Influential swedish scientist, father of modern taxonomy (systema naturae, 1758: binomial nomenclature system of words to define order of nature, hierarchical classification organized ladder of categories, his concepts still used today to define species. Believed he was discovering each piece of the puzzle: the plan of creation of. Linnaeus"s work remains an important contribution and his perfect application of the essentialism of aristotle: he was looking for the essence of things via observation of unique attributes of species. Was viewed very highly (noble) because it was an extension of the fact that scientists wanted to show how god created living things. Difference from darwin: darwin will also account for variability of species. The faculty of theology of the sorbonne censored many of buffon"s theories because of it conflicted with religious views. First evolutionist: believed species modify their morphology through time.