BIOL 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Her Majesty'S Ship, International Code Of Zoological Nomenclature, Neo-Darwinism
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Evolution- the idea that change occurs over time. The principles of evolution are a theory not a belief system. Aristotle"s scala natural ; a scale, organisms are not created equally. The idea of special creation aligns science and religion. Hutton- the earth is old; gradualism, things change over millions of years. Lyell- uniformitarianism - natural forces do not change over time. 1831- took the opportunity to travel around the world on the h. m. s. The fossil record; lyell"s principles of geology. Book malthus: essay on the principle of population (wealthy v. poor) Almost beat darwin to the theory of evolution. Wrote the origin of species by means of natural selection in 1859. Darwin"s natural selection book"s main points: change after time, descent from a common ancestor, evolution is gradual (intermediate steps exist, changes occur in populations not individuals, **natural selection drives the evolutionary process.
