CAS BI 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Linnaeus, Binomial Nomenclature, Thomas Robert Malthus
21 Jan 2019
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Carolus linnaeus - the man who came up with binomial nomenclature. This provided darwin with a way to organize organisms, facilitating the concepts of organization in darwin"s theories of evolution. According to the bible, the world was only around 6000 years old. Questions to remember: who were lyell and hutton, they had influenced darwin in the terms of the age of the earth, a female cod fish can produce 2 million eggs in a lifetime. How many will hatch, grow to maturity, and reproduce: the answer is 1. The numbers of the cod fish will have to replace their parents. For every fish that produces, only one more will survive to produce again. Organisms would develop certain characteristics within their lifetime. He was incorrect, however darwin was able to modify his theories. Human beings have the potential to increase in population faster than the increase of food supplies and other resources.
