CAS BI 107 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Island, Aniridia, Cactus
8 Aug 2016
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Armadillo fossils similar but different from armadillos of the time. Binomial nomenclature classifies species based on appearance and reproduction. First person to think about species and inter relatedness. Culture at the time wasn"t pointing towards evolution. Catastrophism: theory to explain the appearance of new life forms in fossil record. Influenced darwin because big step into believing there were new species created instead of fixed species believed to be placed by god . Archbishop ussher earth created in 4004 bc. Buffon earth broke off from sun, cooling took long. Nicolas steno fossil record is like chronology. Will smith fossil identify unique to different layers of rock. Same slow forces that shaped the earth are still at play. Important because: if earth been around this long, then natural selection would have taken a long time, aging of the earth, if been around then previously thought, then maybe species have changed with it.
