ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Adenine, Abo Blood Group System, Uracil
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A brief history of the development of thought on human evolution: origin myths. All human cultures seem to have a theory of belief surrounding the origins of humans. Universal explanations: how humans came into existence, relationship of humans & other animals, how humans are the ultimate products of creation, fixity of species. Accepted that all living things created by god: great chain of being. 1st proposed by aristotle in 4th century bc. All animals arranged in a hierarchy that progressed from simplest to most complex. Humans at top of hierarchy: genus & species. Saw that certain plants & animals could be distinguished from other groups by their ability reproduce with one another and produce viable offspring. Placed reproductively isolated groups of individuals in a category called species . Recognized that some species shared similarities called genus : systema natura; linnaeus, 1735. Classified living things into a hierarchy of taxonomic categories.
