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1st Set

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Vestigial Structures   Bones that don't have much use... Coccyx , Appendix  
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Anatomy   Structures that are built fundamentally the same way but have wide differences  
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Endemic Species   Forms only known from a restricted geographic area  
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Heresy   opinion/ doctrine at a varaiance with orthodox accepted doctrine, especially of a Church or Religious system  
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Paleontology   study of ancient animals & plants  
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Theory   Well tested hypothesis  
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Natural Philosophy   (Method) how science works... The study of nature and the physical universe before the advent of modern science.  
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Renassance   Rebirth  
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Axioms   Simple self-evident statements, that are beyond dispute  
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Philosophy   "Love of Knowledge"  
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Ancient Rome   Better medicine than greeks Maintain their army and better medical care Better roads/ engineering Catholic church is the only one who can read  
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Egyptian Mythology   (Dung)Scarab beetle pushes up the sun  
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Christopher Columbus   Idea that the world was round Helped by the Phillip&Isabella after war  
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Arabic   (Islamic People) Invent the numeric system we use today  
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Aristotle   (Eratosthenes) Sphere Earth Tilted 23.5 degrees axis with seasons  
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Mayan   Mayan calendar Dec.12.2013 Planet Nibiru will collide w/earth  
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Galileo   Venus , moon phases - Loved books and literacy Garbage in Garbage out Reiscovery of classic works Natural Philosophy!!!! hypothesis and axioms Falling bodies - water clocks and air resistance  
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Sir Francis Bacon   The rise of science theater of the mind Observer can bring things to the observations that distort the results if not careful  
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Phillip & Isabella   Helped Christopher columbus Council told them that the ship would not make it  
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Roman Inquisition   Court to stop Heresy Put Galileo under house arrest  
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Copernicus   Helped Galileo Everything rotates around the sun  
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Lazzaru Spallanzani   Work w/ microorganisms Killed Microorganism by boiling them in broth Open jar organisms Closed jar none  
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The french academy of sciences   Biogenesis(louis pasteur) vs Abiogensis(Felix Pouchet) normal vs abnormal reproduction of life  
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Francesco Redi   Shows that maggots don't arise from rotten meat open jar experiment  
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Georges de Buffon   Pioneered in Biogeography Dispersal Problem center of creation( endemic species)  
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Carolus Linnaeus   Binomial system of nomenclature (classified in the 7 layers)  
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7 Layers of Classified Organisms   1.Species 2.Genus 3.Family 4.Order 5.Class 6.Phylum 7.Kingdom  
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Paul Broca   Women are less intelligent, filling brain with sand to measure smarts  
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Josiah Wedgewood II   Charles Darwins Brother in law Gave Charles the money to go on voyage  
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Dr. Robert Darwin   Rich Didn't loan $ to Charles to voyage around the world  
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Jean- Baptiste Lamarch   Evolution Proposals No time to evolve No viable mechanism for evolution  
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Captain Robert Fitzroy RN (Royal Navy)   H.M.S. Beagle , sailed Charles around the world  
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Rev JS Henslow   Cambridge professor into botany Let Darwin sail w/ Fitzroy  
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George Cuvier   -Anatomy -Paleontology -extinction -Catastrophism oldest rocks at bottom, young at top  
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Adam   Hebrew : Man Named all the species in the same area  
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Charles Robert Darwin   Edwinburg, Medicine, Cambridge , theology only degree he earned Met REV JS and sailed with Fitz NS  
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Emma   Josiah Wedgwood II's daughter and Charles best friend  
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Fuegian Tribal Group   pop-3-5000 today none Met darwin and captian  
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