ANT 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Great Chain Of Being, Philosophie Zoologique
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Scientists will likely be matching on the test. Founded modern taxonomy with systema naturae: bionomical classification, believed of teleology, not an evolutionist. Ironic twist: used common attributes to group organisms, grouped humans with other primates in animal kingdom, profound shift in thinking about place of humans in nature. These bones are homologous: owen"s explanation: there is a divinely ordained archetype for living organisms (common anatomical plans for different groups, but: point out basic similarities in anatomy in otherwise very different organisms. French naturalist born into poor aristocratic family: philosophie zoologique 1809, evolutionist. First to propose a coherent mechanism to explain how evolution might occur: change through striving: giraffes, acquired characteristics passed on to offspring (results cumulative ex. Giraffe"s neck: mechanism, but- said that stability of species is proportional to stability of the environment, therefore, if the environment changes, then species have to change to survive. Adaption occurs over time in response to environmental change.
