ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Linnaeus, Thomas Robert Malthus, Botany
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Linnaeus was a creationist and an advocate of the principle of fixity of. Species: god created all species, and species were immutable and unchangeable after the creation. Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics (first explanation of how a species can change over time)(theory of use and disuse) Needs are met by modification of existing organs or the production of new organs. Continued use of an organ leads to an increase in its size and functional capacity, whereas disuse leads to its degeneration and loss. Changes in an organ that occur during ones lifetime are inheritable and can be passed to ones offspring. All organs in the body were harmonious and by changing one of the organs in the body it would have a negative effect. In the past, there were a series of sudden, violent geological and climatic changes that led to the extinction of animals in the affected region.
