ANTHR209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mitosis, Phalanx Bone, Meiosis
5 Apr 2016
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Chapter 2/3 : evolution and inheritance theory of evolution: explains variation in the living world by looking at the change in species in a common ancestor. This theory is not a law because parts of it cannot be tested. evidence for evolution: fossil record, biological variation on earth, genetics, geographic distribution indicates ancestry, similar early development = similar genes, similar body structures. Darwin drew on these 5 sources for his theory of evolution: taxonomy, paleontology, evolutionary biology, geology, demography. Medieval europe: the idea that the world is less than 6000 years old. Plato: essentialism the world has imperfect manifestations of what it should be. We have the essence of what we"re supposed to be. Aristotle: the great chain of being unchanging ladder from primitive to advanced (divine) Hutton (1700) coined uniformitarianism: the natural processes happened today happened in the past. He looked at erosion and saw layers being deposited very slowly. Said this continuous process has occurred for all time.
