ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gregor Mendel, Pisum, Sexual Selection
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Biodiversity- life changing, geology, water (water cycle and how the earth moves is important for life), climate (where the rain comes and doesn"t, where it goes), it"s about life! Application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of morphology, ecology, and behaviour of human and non-human primates. It is not about making a better human being, not. Saves lives, hos social, environment, and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals in the community. 4 problems limit development of theory of evolution: lack of knowledge on age of earth, religious concept of fixity of species, lack of scientific method, separate creation of humans and animals. George-louis leclerc, comte de buffon: earth"s history >6 000 years (75 000 years. ) Major issue with contemporary religious authorities: founded biogeography: despite similar environments. Inheritance of acquired characteristics: acquired traits: developed through use or disuse, passed on to off springs, among first to formulate method for organization of new species through adaptations.
