ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Georges Cuvier, Catastrophism, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
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He took all the biblical characters and the ages that they were born and died and was able to estimated the date of the earth"s creation. The people that contributed to evolutionary theory. Changed the idea of fixity into motion. Showed that some different animals and plats were somewhat related to each other. Included humans in his classifications suggesting that they were humans as well. 7 layer classification system (new 8th layer) Mnemonic device: klingons play chess on federation galactic. Responsible for bringing in all kinds of plants and animals from around the world. Recognized dynamic relationship between organisms and their environment. He found that some of the plants that he would bring back would begin to change slightly. He thought that within a species some things could change. Organisms seemed to change to meet environmental conditions. Body parts altered from use or disuse. Trait acquired during lifetime is passed on to offspring.
