PSYC 385 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Variance, Sexual Selection, Sexual Reproduction

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Timothy Racine

Document Summary

Primates all had 5 digits on hands and feet and that wings of birds were similar to flippers of seals. Embryological development was very similar in species that were very different. Species seem to have characteristics with a purpose (e. g. , porcupine"s quills) There was also the fossil record bones from older geological strata were not the same as more recent strata, suggesting change over time. Darwin was sure not the first evolutionist. Lamarck (1744-1829): the inheritance of acquired characteristics . Giraffe long necks are gained by parents stretching their necks and offsprings inheriting it. Cuvier (1769-1832): catastrophism species wiped out and replaced. God would wipe out species and replace them. Tried to explain why bones were different in older strata than more recent ones. One set of scientific principle in play when explaining the. Fixed amount of resources for a species. Exponential growth of population vs. resources growth.