01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: James Hutton, Flora, Georges Cuvier

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:115
• Professor: Daniel Stern Cardinale

Document Summary

Charles darwin said evolution was descent with modification . All species descent from ancestral species so every species is linked in some way. Pre- darwinian ideas (before charles darwin and evolution) Aristotle: greek philosopher: came up with scale of nature. Judeo-christian culture: based off of old testament, natural theology: individual interested in science, for the first time, based on. Carolus linnaeus: natural philosopher: developed 2 main ideas: Binomial nomenclature: everything on this earth has a binomial. Hierarchical classification system: step wise pattern that you have to develop to move up rungs of the ladder. Georges cuvier: french paleontologist and natural theologian: studied fossils in paris. The deeper the strata (rock layer) the more dissimilar the flora (plants) Stated that each change in the rock layers (flora and fauna) was due to a major catastrophe: major catastrophe earth fixes itself new species.