ANT 101 Lecture 4: Ant 101 (Introduction to Anthropology) - in-class notes 4
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Developed his own theory of natural selection. Presented some of his ideas in 1858 with darwin. Was responsible for creating an entirely new species of pigeon. Initially wanted to be a priest when he discovered the study of biology so he had began working with a professor and gave darwin the chance to go on a trip around the world as a naturalist. Started in england and went around the galapagos islands and. New zealand and australia, africa and t en back up into. He was supposed to be taking records of all the exotic animals. One of the places that were most important about the theory of evolution was his stop in the galapagos islands. They did not have many land mammals, large variation of reptiles and large sea turtles. Farmers, breeders can select for desired traits. No two organisms were identical, even within a species there is variation.
