Biology 1001A Lecture 4: Why Evolution is True- Lecture 4.docx
15 May 2015
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You will get more out of this lecture if you come prepared by looking over the following sections in biology: exploring the diversity of. Life, 2nd ed: chapter 17, sections 17. 1, 17. 2, 17. 3, 17. 4: purple pages f10 (section on. Use of radioisotopes) (what you should be able to do after the assigned readings and activities. These outcomes are testable but may not be addressed directly in class. ) Biology book 2- chapter 5: evolution and classification section 17. 1-17. 4. Gods creation: carolus linnaeus (1707-1778)- research about history and nature was for the greater glory of gob (ad majorem dei gloriam) 15th- 18th century sir francis bacon did modern science in the western world: observation, experimentation, inductive reasoning, copernicus, galilei, descartes, newton (proposed mechanist theories to explain physical events, biogeography, comparative morphology, geology. George-louis leclerc le comte de buffon: questioned why some animals have useless structures/features that exist.
