Biology 1201A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Uniformitarianism, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Binomial Nomenclature
21 Nov 2016
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Development of a theory to explain evolution, evidence, falsifiability. Gradual change of populations or organisms over time, time measure in generations rather than years. The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed from earlier times of earth. Scala naturae (great chain of being: god, angel, heaven, human, beast, plant, flame, stone. Proposed that, animals and plants follow a specific organization. The human body was divinely created, perfect and correct. What would i believe if i lived in 1490: Organized into an unchanging hierarchy, ladder of life. Because of this travelling, new cultures were discovered, new resources, new life, new species. So many species looked similar but were slightly different confused them. Why (cid:449)ere (cid:373)y ha(cid:374)ds si(cid:373)ilar to the (cid:271)ird"s ha(cid:374)d? (cid:894)skeletal(cid:895) Perhaps, life might not have been fixed. Organized the organisms for greater glory of god. If organisms are so perfect, why are there vestigial structures.
