DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Linnean Society Of London, Specified Complexity, Theodicy
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A 19th century development that had a profound effect on growth of psychology was the formulation of evolutionary theory by charles darwin. Charles darwin (1809 1882) british biologist. Contributions description of new species; importance of cross-fertilization: development of evolutionary theory. Impact on science focused on similarities among animals and humans; pointed to importance of heredity; Developed a theory of how life adapts to changing situations: origin of species (book, 1859) book in which he presented the evolutionary theory. Darwin"s theory was bound to be discovered around mid-19th century, most likely in the united. It was after work on classification of plants and animals was published and first writings about fossils started to appear (18th century) Geologist became to question how layers of fossils had come about and disappeared. Cross-fertilization and natural selection: noticed that many plants were capable of self-fertilization, but they avoided it.
