BIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Paleontology, Binomial Nomenclature
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A copy of the perfect world with imperfections (one we live in) Binomial nomenclature (2 names for an organism) Followed the organization of the old testament (idea of parables) Proof: organisms are made of highly organized complex parts, thus they don"t have enough juice to evolve more. Ideas of extinction + reptiles ruled the earth first. Organisms can adapt to the environment (blow to. However all the mechanics behind evolutionary processes was wrong! Adaptation by principle of use and disuse . Paired with chemist hotton for the theory of. Uniformitarianism to establish physical + chemical processes (widely believed and studied by enlightened scientists at the time) Theory of population predicted the human race would go through periods of rapid growth (good times) and decline because resources ran thin to support said population. Darwin -- connects to all life forms!! (damn) Precursor to darwin"s ideas of evolution (was thinking about it himself!!) Adaptation by natural selection (most widely known ideas)
