ANT203Y1 Lecture : ANT203 September 27.pdf
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Life originated as simple forms, which became complex over time; some examples of simple life forms that have been discovered in the fossil record: Charnia, discovered by young roger mason in 1957 (a frond-like lifeform) jellyfish in australia recall that life started with microscopic forms which were too delicate to become fossilized. Darwin"s belief that species are interconnected requires the existence of intermediate forms, examples of which have been found: Archaeopteryx was an intermediary between birds and reptiles (purchased by. Richard owen) still a living example of a bird which has claws as wings (h_____________) the platypus is has reptilian and mammalian traits however, at darwin"s time, the fossil record started abruptly with the cambrian. Period (this remained the case until mason"s discovery in 1957) Various technological advances helped to support darwin"s claims about the age of the earth, making it older than the 17th cent. bishop"s 4004 bc: Victorian geologist pegged the earth"s age at millions of years.