BIOL359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hms Beagle, Bernhard Rensch, Deep Homology
28 Jan 2014
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O evolutionary biology essentially began in 1859 with the publication of on the. This was the prevailing belief in darwin"s time: carolus linnaeus ( father of taxonomy) Established framework for modern classification ( the binomial system e. g. Evolution before darwin: erasmus darwin: darwin"s grandfather also proposed that species are modified descendants of earlier forms, georges curview: father of comparative anatomy. Responsible for principal of uniformitarianism, states that geological processes that we see operating today are the same as those that operated in the past. Major understanding to the way earth changes: charles lyell (1797-1875); In 1830, lyell published principles of geology, which was a cornerstone for geology evident for uniformitarianism and ended era of catastrophism: charles darwin. Struggles with many ideas including lamarkism because they failed to explain adaptation. Darwin worked on his ideas for 20 years until he received a letter from. Had independently arrived at similar idea to darwin"s natural selection.
