BIOL 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 70: Binomial Nomenclature, Georges Cuvier, Jan Ingenhousz
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Two periods of sedimentation; pre and post flood. Universe operates according to simple universal, quantitative laws. Creation occurred at noon on oct. 23, 4004 bc. Time isn"t important in studying the earth. New theory of the earth: attempted to give genesis physical base, loved comets and destruction, six days of creations. Classification: species level only biological reality; reproductive compatibility. Biogeography: separate genesis of each life form in each area, unchangeable interior mould", father of evolution". Evolution: rejected descent from common ancestors, no intermediates between species and common ancestor. The arrow of time: introduced history to study of life, estimated age of earth at 75,000 yrs. The epochs of nature (1778: seven periods in the history of life. Last person to try to integrate theories of origin and geological change. System naturae, genera plantarum, classes plantarum, species plantarum. Hierarchical classification system: class, order, genus, species. Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations (1795: uniformitarianism.
