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the modern idea of extinction as common, in earths history was proposed in 19th century writings of cuvier he also discovered study of fossils
Darwin's explanation of how adaptations arise centered on NATURAL Selection
What insight did Darwin gain from reading Thomas Malthus's essay on human suffering? thomas malthus wrote about human suffering in that organisms have the capacity to OVERREPRODUCE
Animals that possess homologous structures probably evolved from the same ancestor
who came up with the scala naturae? Aristotle
How did Hutton and Lyell’s ideas influence Charles Darwin’s thinking? Darwin reasoned that the Earth must be very old and that slow, subtle processes could produce substantial biological changes.
who proposed the idea that organisms could pass aquired modifications to their offsrping children jean LAMARCK
who proposed that earths geology is explained by gradual mechanisms Hutton
what did Lyell add to Hutton's theory Lyell said that same stuff happing in past is happening today and at the same rate, so basically earth is gradually getting older everyday
Darwin’s explanation of how adaptations arise centered on __________. natural selection
Carolus Linnaeus is considered to be the founder of __________, and he __________ the binomial classification system; thought that resemblances among different species reflected the pattern of their creation. -he was the one to name stuff
Organisms found only in specific places in the world are referred to as __________. endemic
analogous goes with convergent evolution
homologous goes with similar characteristics in different organisms bc all comes from 1 common ancestor
On an evolutionary tree, __________. homologous characteristics form a nested pattern
All known organisms transcribe genetic information to protein molecules via the same genetic code. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that _________ all organisms are descended from a single common ancestor
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