Biology 1201A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Carl Linnaeus, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Vitruvian Man
14 Dec 2019
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Historical and continued evidence supports the validity of the theory. Cannot see evolution happen; however, a population as a whole, and over time, can be seen. How different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. The gradual change of populations or organisms over time (over generations) Aristotle (384-322 bc) realized that nature isn"t just random, and that there seems to be some order to the life that he saw around him. The world was a few thousand years old. Organized into a hierarchy, ladder of life. Humans positioned just below the angels and god. Life is more diverse than we realized. Life on nearby islands is different, but very similar to the mainland. Organized the organisms - for the greater glory of god. Asked "if organisms are so perfectly created why are there vestigial structures?" Vestigial structure must have had a function in ancestral organisms.
