BIOL 2P05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Mendelian Inheritance, Francesco Redi, Spontaneous Generation
10 Apr 2016
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Changes in perception of evolution (last 100 yrs: expansion of time scale of life, concept of the changing universe, elimination of design, elimination of miracles, man as part of nature, spontaneous generation. (1) expansion of the time scale. Biblical times: creation occurred in 4004 b. c, john lightfoot; vice-chancellor of cambridge said final act of creation of man as. Determined earth older than expected: currently = 4-5 billion years old (2) concept of changing universe, traditional view universe static, 6 days creation -> earth + all creatures, not only christian belief ; also greek philosophy. Species concept = initial mold exists for all later replicas of species. 2500 years ago, plato describes his cave allegory essentialism: everything has a perfect for and all we see is a deviation from the perfect form, thought life was static. Developing children seem to have inherent need to classify objects. Dawkins essentialism burned into our mental dna.
