Biology 2581B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Great Chain Of Being, Convergent Evolution, Biogeography
1 Jun 2020
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1795 hutton proposes his principle of gradualism. 1798 malthus published essay on the principles of population. 1809 lamarck published his hypothesis of evolution. 1812 cuvier published study of vertebrate fossils. 1859 wallace sends darwin a his (same as darwin) hypothesis of natural selection. 1859 the origin of species was published. The striking ways in which organisms are suited for life in their environment. Charles darwin published the origin of species in 1859. He proposed that all species are descendant of ancestral species that were different from the present-day species. Before darwin several greek philosophers (aristotle) suggested that life might have changed gradually over time. Linnaeus developed the binomial for naming species in contrast to the linear hierarchy of the scala naturae. Lyell was convinced that physical evidence did not support the traditional view that earth was only a few thousand years old. Lamarck is remembered for the incorrect mechanism he proposed.
