ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anth 8 28 14
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Reguarded tht all species were created by god. Principle of the fixity of species- which indicates that species were immutable/unchangeable in their characteristics agter creation. There was an unbridgeable gap between all spevies because if they were related it owould mean the changing of the species itself and that could not happen accoding to him. His genius was that he was the frst person to compose a mechanist theory of evolution. He provided a means of evolution instead of just a theory. The theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics or theory of use and disuse. Theory of catastrophism: in the past, there were a series of sudden violent cataclysmic climatic and geological changes that periodically led to the extinction of the species of animals in the effected regions. After the cataclysmic event subsided, the area was repopulated by animals migrating from neighboring areas unaffected.
