ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Carl Linnaeus, Uniformitarianism
28 Nov 2013
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Let"s redefine the term theory (found on page 15) : a well established and generally accepted explanation that is an accepted hypothesis. Looking back on the history of the evolutionary theory. Evolution theory is firmly put in european facts. ** greek philosophers developed ideas about reasoning but the scientific revolution starts to permeate what is later to become the. Developments began with the concepts of time and similarity comparison. Lyell known as the father of geology invented uniforitarianism and the idea regarding time depth of earth where the earth is millions of years old and not thousands. Uniformitarianism observed that things of the past and the geological deposits of the past could be explained by processes from the present. Biology is concerned with diversity and change over time as well as looking for explanations. Taxonomy is the process of looking at the classification and comparisons of organisms. Linneaus among other people came up with some of the greatest classification systems.
