BIOA01H3 Lecture Notes - Aryan Race, Eugenics, Thomas Robert Malthus

• School: UTSC
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOA01H3
• Professor: Mark Fitzpatrick

Document Summary

Said species change over time into new species. Introduced idea about common ancestry and similarities between species. Classified species based on their origin with names. Proposed the idea of natural selection to darwin. Influenced darwin to publish his papers about the idea of natural selection. Said species adapt to changing environment, and has some role in evolution. Theory of inheritance of acquired traits: said that a muscle man would give birth to a muscle baby; from which he was wrong. Traits from a mother with some influence could pass onto the child. But that doesn"t mean a full evolution and mutation. Giraffe elongated neck a bit, and with further exercise after each generation, it might make it grow longer; theory of i a t was proven wrong. Said that too many organisms born and survive. But with limited supply of resources, only the brighter and better will survive; supporting the idea of natural selection.