ANTH 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thomas Robert Malthus, Uniformitarianism, Catastrophism
9 Jun 2020
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An essay on the principle of population. Believed that populations grow exponentially, but the resources do not. Earth"s surface has changed over time (catastrophism) Began college as medical student in scotland in 1825, but dropped out 1827. Summer of 1831, for 5 yrs on hms beagle. Was walking around in the andean mountains and found marine fossils. Notices differences in species from island to island. On one island, a lot of vegetation on the ground. the other island, they have to reach up to get food adaptations. Natural selection: the main mechanism of evolutionary change. Process by which animals that do not have the capability. Darwin"s postulates ( main engineering for evolution : there is a struggle for existence, there is variation in features related to survival and reproduction, this variation is passed from generation to generation. These 3 make evolution by means of natural selection. Genetics: study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next.
