EAB 3002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mutation, Heredity, Habituation

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Course: EAB 3002
• Professor: Jessica P.Stagner

Document Summary

Change is the only constant lucretius: the constancy of change. We live in a world that is ever-changing, like the varicolored patterns of a steadily rotation kaleidoscope. Change is not the exception to the rule, it is the rule. Born in england in 1809, son of physician, went to the university of. After graduation, darwin accepted an offer to join an expedition on the. British naval vessel hms beagle as the ship"s naturalist. Thomas malthus: thought increasing population was the road to ruin because resources are limited. Winner with the advantage will produce more offspring leading to accumulation of advantageous features that results in new species. Didn"t know how the features were passed on to the next generation. Natural selection depends on variation among the members of a species. Ex) eyes- light sensitive cells on the skin was helpful during survival and eventually led to more offspring. Go up the evolutionary scale and you see increasingly complex visual equipment.