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Evolutionary concept
pre-darwinian concepts
| Answer | Questions |
|---|---|
| Benoit de maillet | french diplomat |
| benoit de maillet | suggested earth has been colonized from outerspace (via meteors, astroids) |
| benoit de maillet | led to modern day notions of panspermia(lifes ability to exsist in outer space) |
| Buffon | 1707-1788; french naturalist spent most of life writing natural history 44 volumes, studied comparitive anatomy |
| buffon | suggested earth was tens of thousands of years old |
| buffon | in response to Genesis, noted "a year to god is a thousand to man" |
| Buffon | rejected idea of catastrophism |
| buffon | accepted and supported uniformism |
| buffon | presented descent for various organisms |
| buffon | ntoed differences in related organisms and sugessted the changes occured through out history of life on earth (evolution), due to enviornment; |
| Cuvier | 1769-1832; french zoologist and paleantologist |
| cuvier | used coparative anatomy to classify animals |
| cuvier | strict follower of catastrophism, did not believe organisms had changed over time |
| cuvier | did not listen to geological formation evidence and explained using catastrophism or biblical events |
| cuvier | if mass extinction occured and new life forms recorded, suggested migration |
| Strata Smith | 1769-1839 Engineer who designed canals and drainage for marshlands |
| strata smith | noted layers can be identified by lithology |
| strata smith | developed biological succession; principle based on fact that index fossils existed during all periods and that lithology of rock must be same age, did not address issue of why rock units contained different fossils |
| Erasmus Darwin | Grandfather of charles darwin; physician and naturalist |
| erasmus Darwin | noted relationship between morphology and the environment (way animals aquire food) |
| erasmus darwin | generally explained presence of certain charat=cteristics when passed on to future generations facilitated their survival and adaptation to environment |
| lamarch | proffessor of zoology |
| lamarck | believed tat organisms developed ew organds as need arose, and organs degenerate as result of disuse. "needs" were dictated by changes in environment |
| lamarck | Bellieved species could change into a different species |
| lamarck | erroneously believed enviornment change does not change organism |
| lamarck | believed genetics changed organisms through process of adaptation |
| lamarck | suggested characteristics acquired during life could be passed on to offspring |
| chambers | Published work prior to publications of charles darwin |
| chambers | believed due to chemical continuity in life, must have been a common origin and life must have arisin from non living |
| chambers | did not publish works under biological name due to condemnation and power of the church |
| Cahrles Darwin | Believed all species were immutable, graduated cambridge at 22 with BA in theology |
| charles darwin | was brought on board of HMS beagle as a dining companion, not biologist |
| charles darwin | stayed in bahia, arg for a month and saw fossils, where decided not to become clergy man |
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