CAS BI 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Georges Cuvier, Thomas Robert Malthus
30 Sep 2016
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Influences in darwin"s life: carolus linnaeus (carl von linne) Founder of binomial nomenclature (how they name species: georges cuvier. Catastophism organisms went extinct by some sort of catastrophe: georges louis de buffon. Cooling took 70,000 years---proposed concept earth changed over time. Gave darwin the idea earth has been around for a long time and life changes over time: nicolaus steno. Explained shells on top of mountain are younger than bottom rock: william smith. Produced first detailed geological map and in formations, there are different fossils: james hutton. Small layers of rock=thousands of years old. Proposed earth is millions of years old: charles lyell. Uniformitarianism (slow processes cause vast changes over time) Influenced darwin with time: jean baptiste lamarck. Darwin"s theory is that variation is inherited: alfred russel wallace. Independently proposed the theory of evolution due to natural selection but pushed darwin to publish theory: thomas robert malthus. Pop. will outgrow food supply and pests, famine, and disease will follow.
