ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Robert Malthus, Selective Breeding
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Even though his theory was rejected, at least people were thinking about evolution. Tried to become a doctor = failed. Tried to become a clergyman = failed. Met john henslow who picked up on darwin"s scientific mind and proposed the hms beagle. Observation of diversity of flora and fauna on his voyage aboard the. In argentina, darwin collected fossil bones of extinct animal forms. Observation of diversity in ground finches across the galapagos island chain. His reading of thomas malthus" an essay on the principle of the. Human populations have the ability to increase exponentially at a faster rate than food production. However, the populations around the world tend to be stable. Darwin concluded that individuals of a species with advantageous characteristics would be more likely to survive in limiting conditions and would thus reproduce more successfully. Observation of the power of artificial selection by plant and animal breeders. Darwin develops his theory of natural selection.
