ANTH 101 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Notes
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Appointed the naturalist for a five-year voyage around the world on the ship hms beagle. His goal was to collect, document, and study the natural world-- plants and animals, especially-- everywhere the ship harbored. Biological characteristics that enhance survival increase in frequency from generation to generation. Members of a population endowed with these characteristics produce more offspring that survive to reproductive age than members that are not endowed with these characteristics. Out of one species branch multiple closely related. 2. 1 the theory of evolution: the context for darwin. By late 1700s, scientists had realized three key things about the world and its inhabitants. Its surface is very different from what it was in the past. Darwin drew on information from five scientific disciplines. Especially with regard to its composition, activity, and history. Especially with regard to birth, survival, and death and the major factors that influence these three key parts of life.
