ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Georges Cuvier, Homo Sapiens, Comparative Anatomy
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Mutation evolution doesn"t work on individulas it works on population what is species. Bishop usher (1650) thought the actual earth began oct 23rd 4004 bc (6000 years old students at camridge thought it started specifically at 9am the earth is actually billions of years old. **very important concept***- means that process that exist on the planet today also likely occurred in the past. Buffon: believed there were 6 epochs involved in the earths development, forced to fit the 6 procesess in the 6000 year period. Lyell: first to scientifically show that the earth is older than 6000 years, did this by looking at the slow deposition rate of the mississippi delta. Measured the rate of the mississppi delta reverernd chalmer: he changed the topic of discussion to one where to maybe it was. Usher was wrong and his measurement was wrong.
