01:119:115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: James Hutton, Natural Theology, Thomas Robert Malthus
28 Mar 2016
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Next: timeline of people and ideas: new ideas about change over time: cuvier, huton, and lyell. November 4, 2014: d. geoes cuvier (1769-1832): french paleontologist. Each ime: god recreated life ex: noah"s lood. Late 18th early 19th century view of geology was challenged. November 4, 2014: james huton: scoish geologist. Explain land forms by: processes like erosion, volcanic acion, looding, etc: charles lyell: geologist (1797-1875) darwin"s ime. Geologic process are so uniform that must balance out through ime. Mountains build by deposiion, then worn down by erosion. Late 18th century suggesions not only earth but also species change over ime: lamarck"s hypothesis of evoluion. Studied fossils descent for older to younger spp. Hypothesis of evoluion: species evolve by : use and disuse of body parts. If used extensively become larger and stronger (ex: girafe stretches neck) If not used deteriorate a. b: hypothesis of evoluion: species evolve by .
