BISC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Taxidermy, Overproduction
3 Mar 2017
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Got interested in insects, taxidermy, took lectures on botany and geology. Did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)o(cid:396)k out went to cambridge and studied theology (natural theology (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s desig(cid:374)=god"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k(cid:895) Went on voyage on the beagle as a high-social standing naturalist companion of captain robert. Fitzroy supposed to map the coast of south america in 2 years (extended to 5 years) Collected fossils, birds, insects at the coast whenever he landed. Went to south american coast, chile, galapagos, new zealand, australia, tasmania, south. Influenced by: jean-baptiste lamarck spe(cid:272)ies do e(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e (cid:894)(cid:862)i(cid:374)he(cid:396)ita(cid:374)(cid:272)e of a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed t(cid:396)aits(cid:863)(cid:895), Charles lyell landforms were not fixed but changed slowly over time. Cha(cid:396)les lyell"s theo(cid:396)y, earthquake shorelines were visibly uplifted cha(cid:396)les lyell"s theo(cid:396)y. South america: found animals that look similar to the found fossils. Galapagos island: endemic species = species only found on that island variations in species between the galapagos islands. All those ideas togethe(cid:396) = (cid:862)des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith (cid:373)odifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) keeps on developing this idea but do(cid:374)"t pu(cid:271)lish.
