ANTHROP 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Francis Bacon, Vertebrate Paleontology
7 Feb 2017
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Evolution - a sequence of change over time. Evolution is both fact & theory i. ii. Fact: we have fossil evidence showing it happened. Theory: uncertainty about speed at which change occurs c. For a trait to be evolutionary, it must be inheritable. Man has dominion over all the plants and animals. Iii. a. b. c. d. e. f. a. b. c. Determines the earth was made 4004 bc thursday oct 23 a. 3 key concepts before evolutionary theory is accepted. Plants and animals have and continue to change i. ii. iii. Paleontology i. ii. i. ii. iii. iv. v. God made everything but fossils don"t look like anything living. Fossil wood had same tissue as living trees. Explains existence of fossils through catastrophism: i. ii. After catastrophic events (earthquakes, floods, etc. ) all life in the region was wiped out: eventually it is repopulated by animals from other locations. Catastrophism fits with bible (floods like noah"s arc) and therefore accepted.
