ANT207H5 Lecture 2: lec 2
Document Summary
Charles darwin on the origins of species and the descent of man. Darwin heavily linked to george mendel, both published results in same journal. Requested to be a naturalist on the h. m. s begal. Wrote a book about his travels and became famous. In the island of the galapagos studied tortoises. Each tortoise was different depending on their island. Realized that environment determines a species physical characterics. First day of creation began saturday october 22 4004 bc 6 pm birth day of the world. Dates the world to 6 thousand worlds, and states that all on earth created in that time , through catoshtrophic events. George cuvier august 23 1769- may 13, 1832. Tried to match fossil record with the catpstrophic event. Lamark wrote against the idea of catsptrohic events shaping the world. 2 principles of lamark : principle of use and disuse principle of inheritance of acquired charactertistics sources of darwin"s ideas.
