ANTA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Allopatric Speciation, Beagle, Darwin'S Finches
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Earliest human ancestor eveolved from a species 5-8 billion years ago and that was the last common ancestor we shared with chimps. Apes and ourselves diverged frm and common ancestor and we went to evolve as humans and they evolved as apes. Each living species is the current product of processes that go back to millions of years. History of evolutionary thought: darwin and alfred russel wallace both developed theory of natural selection, religious belief that everything was created by god and could not evolve- fixity of species. The scientific revolution: usher figured out through regat earth was 400bc was the first to say a specific date, artistole said. Precursors to the theory of evolution: ray. Giraffe a trait acquired by an animal during tits life time can be passed on to offspring: cuvier. Earths geological features are a result of violent cataclysmic events like a flood. Proposed in opposition to lamarck: malthus.
