DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology, Estrous Cycle, William Rathbone Greg
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Intelligent design, how does it differ from religion and darwinism. Chapter 3: 18th and 19th century precursors to a scientific psychology. The right zeitgeist: carolus linnaeus (physician) had started his work on the classification of plants and animals. The cross-fertilisation and natural selection: many plants capable of self-fertilisation, but avoided it, thomas malthus inspired darwin if humans did not obey. The origin of species book by charles darwin (1859) in which he presented the evolutionary theory. The dilution problem: darwin could not explain how new randomly generated organisms could come to dominate the existing organisms (absence of knowledge of genetics) It"s just random variation: organisms don"t become better or stronger: wolves and mammoths became less strong as soon as humans invaded. Darwin now: who was darwin, son of country doctor in the largest rural english county rich family, abandoned medical school in edinburgh and was sent to cambridge university where he studied theology.
