HNRS 1007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Methicillin, Penicillin, Selective Breeding
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Witten after developing theory of evolution while traveling around the world on the. Contradicted the scala naturae: the greek philosopher aristotle viewed species as fixed and arranged them on a. Linnaeus designed the current naming system (believed in the scala naturae) Published around the same time as paleontology taking off as a field: many fossils of unknown creatures discovered. Uniformitarianism (geology) states that the mechanisms of change are constant over time. Malthus noted the potential for human pop. to increase faster than the food supply: ergo, the death of some offspring was needed/expected b/c otherwise the world would be completely depleted within 3-4 generations. Darwin first studied medicine (unsuccessfully) then studied theology @ cambridge. Traveled as unpaid naturalist and companion for 5 years: collected specimens of south american plants and animals. At no point in writing origin of species was darwin ever a paid biologist of any kind (came from independently wealthy family.
