ANT 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.1: Biological Anthropology, Georges Cuvier, Catastrophism
9 Sep 2019
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~ chapter two: development of evolutionary theory ~ misunderstood: evolution is frequently avoided in the classroom. It is helpful to know how the mechanics of the process came to be discovered. If we want to understand and make critical assessments of the controversy that surrounds the issue today, we need to explore the social and political events that influenced the discovery of evolutionary principles. Fixity of species: the notion that species, once created, can never change; an idea diametrically opposed to theories of biological evolution. perfection, and that was heresy. Precursors to the theory of evolution: as research progressed, scholars became increasingly impressed with the amount of biological diversity they observed, the concept of species was proposed by john ray, administer educated at the university of. The discovery of natural selection: although charles darwin is fairly different to religion, he went to cambridge to study theology. In darwin"s shadow get credit for a theory he himself had developed.
