BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gregor Mendel, Gradualism, Georges Cuvier
20 Sep 2016
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History of the theory of evolution and mr. darwin: supernatural vs. scientific explanations for creation, history of evolutionary thought. Key terms/concepts: features of a divinely inspired creation. Organisms look and function according to the perfect design of the supreme being: common descent. Said that animals sprang from the sea: transmutation of species. New species came from existing species: binomial nomenclature. Kingdom order family genus species: nested hierarchy of organisms, sedimentation. Sediment deposited by water were compressed to form stone: erosion. Profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes. Processes were still going on indicates earth is ancient: great geological cycle. Sedimentation + erosion: we find no vestige of a beginning [of time], no prospect of an end . Things happens very slowly over a very long period of time: invisible hand . Guides free market (chaotic, unrestrained) to produce right amount and variety of goods.
