ANTH 1001 Chapter : January 20th 2015
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Carl van linne: lived from 1707-1778, swedish botanist, aka carolus linneaus creationist, principle of fixity of species, species were immutable or unchangeable after the creation by god. After the cataclysmic event subsided, the area was repopulated by migration of similar looking, but not identical, species. Thomas malthus: lived from 1766-1834, wrote an essay on the principle of population. Charles darwin: lived from 1809-1882, born on february 12th, theory of natural selection, made a number of observations on galapagos islands, observed 13 species of finches. Alfred russell wallace: lived from 1823-1913, also proposed idea that species change by natural selection. Those organisms with favorable traits will survive and reproduce more offspring. Over time, there will be an increase in the frequency of favorable traits in the population. Mitosis: somatic cells (non-sex cells) undergo mitosis, functions, growth of an organisms, maintenance of organs, has two pairs of homologous chromosomes: pair of chromosomes with the same sequence of genes.
