ANTH 1001 Lecture : Anthropolog Notes 1
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Sudo latinized his own name to become carolus linnaeus-creationist. Promoted the theory of the principle of the fixity of species meaning that species are immutable or unchangeable after their creation. Considered each species to have an essence which were necessary to be what it is and you could not change the essence of the species or the individual would not be that species anymore. Jean baptiste lamarck (1744-1829)-first individual to propose that species were not fixed, could change and provided first mechanism to explain how this happened. Theory of the inheritance of the acquired characteristics. All organisms have needs in order to survive. Needs met by the modification of organs or by the production of new organs. Continue use of organs will lead to an increase in the organ"s size and functional capacity. These changes that occur during one"s lifetime become inheritable and can be transmitted to one"s offspring.
