ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Meiosis, Mutation, Binomial Nomenclature
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A brief history of the development of thought on human evolution: origin myths every human culture throughout the world has an explanation about how it came about. Origin myths may differ but they all simply explain how humans came about, and they also talk about humans and other animals. All human cultures seem to have a theory of belief surrounding the origins of humans. How humans are the ultimate products of creation: fixity of species the primary myth within european culture that humans never changed. The way we exist today is the same as the way we appeared the day we were first created. 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 noticed that certain animals could reproduce successfully with each other but not with other, so he grouped them accordingly and called it a species.
