ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: James Ussher, Carl Linnaeus, James Hutton
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The concept of biological evolution is not a western invention, in fact many cultures around the world have come to similar hypotheses: however, they did not formulate these ideas into a cohesive theory as charles. Charles darwin was the first person to explain the mechanisms of evolution: he developed his theory of natural selection genetic change in the frequencies of certain traits in populations due to differential reproductive success between individuals. Alfred russel wallace also can to the same conclusion independently. Thus it was believed that all life on earth was the creation of god. Fixity of species species, once created cannot change this was god"s ultimate design. It was perpetuated by and irish archbishop named james ussher who analyzed the book of genesis and concluded that earth was created in. Copernicus: galileo in the early 1600s was the one who popularized copernicus" ideas despite angering the catholic community.
