BIOL 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Robert Fitzroy, Second Voyage Of Hms Beagle, Her Majesty'S Ship
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Darwin was interested in paleontological and geological studies. The new concepts he developed relied on: the study of geographical distribution of species, study of ecological processes involved in formation of species. Alfred russel wallace developed the theory of natural selection independently of darwin. Naturalists like darwin and wallace explored islands on different continents to study organisms in their natural setting, comparing their form, habitat, and behaviour. Dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s gra(cid:374)dfather eras(cid:373)us (cid:449)as o(cid:374)e of the earliest tra(cid:374)s(cid:373)utatio(cid:374)ists, believed in transmutation of species. Most important pre-darwinian book written by robert chambers in 1844 called (cid:862)vestiges of the natural history of creatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Aid e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) or (cid:862)de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed (cid:374)e(cid:449) spe(cid:272)ies a(cid:374)d the as(cid:272)e(cid:374)t of life had planned linear developments which was controlled by god. This book caused controversy, oxbridge professional elite spoke out against it, critics were outraged. Darwin (1809-1882) was born to a wealthy physician, robert. He was sent to edinburgh when he was 16 to study medicine, he hated it.
