BIS 2B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: James Hutton, Paleontology, Exponential Growth
12 Oct 2018
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Learning goals: understand the history of evolutionary belief, know how to categorize the leading thinkers and their view on evolution, cuvier, lamarck, darwin, wallace 3. What is theory: what we are certain or true (hypothesis) What we have pondered: why do some organisms resemble one another, why so organisms seem so well designed, why do they fit so well? b/c theory of evolution- darwin worked with. Anti-evolutionist: was living in the age of catastrophism. Definition-fossil record shows change over time within particular locations: his views. The earth is constantly altered by earthquakes, tornadoes . Huge effects ex- grand canyon: it took the colorado river over 6billion years. During darwin"s time scientists accepted: organisms have progressed/ evolved, extinctions were normal, the earth is old. Lamarck"s proposal: also thought the same as darwin- that organisms evolve, the principle of using and not using. Ex- donkey kong, through generation his fist got bigger.
