[Biological Sciences 55-140] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (126 pages long!)

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1111
• Professor: Dora Cavallo

Document Summary

Chapter 17 evolution: the development of the theory. Biological evolution refers to gradual change of populations or organisms over time, measuring time in generations rather than years. Ongoing evolution helps to explain the variation within and among the populations of a given species. Biological research was dominated by natural theology, which sought to name and catalogue all of gods creation. Careful study of each species could identify its position and purpose in the scala. Naturae, or great chain of being, as aristotle"s ladder of life was celled. This approach to nature and history was clear in the later work of carolus linnaeus, whose efforts were ad majorem dei gloria. Although some were similar to european species, others were new and very strange. Studies of the world distribution of plants and animals, now called biogeography, raised puzzling questions. And why were some species found in europe, whereas other species from far- ying locations were similar to each other.