ANT202H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: James Hutton, James Ussher, Evolution
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Key points: characteristics of science, development of evolutionary theory, science and religion. Modern evolution theory is not static: living organisms have changed in the past, e. g. horses had four toes, then three toes, then one. Must be testable & potential for rejection must exist. Fact verifiable truth, i. e. earth is round. Hypothesis an explanation of observed facts. Theories set of hypotheses that have been tested repeatedly and not. Charles darwin (1809 1882: (cid:498)father of evolutionary thought(cid:499) Taxonomy science of describing and classifying organisms. Species a group of populations whose members can interbreed naturally. Genus groups of species with similar adaptations. Pre-darwinian thoughts: compiled massive formal classification of all living things (taxonomy) animals. Uniformitarianism and geological time operate in the world today, also operated in the past: uniformitarianism, analyzed fossil remains, environment would affect the future shape and organizations of which many living creatures were destroyed.
