01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Binomial Nomenclature, Georges Cuvier, James Hutton
22 Nov 2015
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Aristotle 384-322 bce scala naturae and classification of species. Natural theology (take the world as it is) Linneaus and taxonomy a. (2 names) in the systema naturae 1735) Carlos linnaeus developed the concept of binomial nomenclature. French paleontologist and natural theologist (tied religious ideas. Deeper down in rock strata he went, the more organisms differed. Theory of catastrophism- at each rock layer, a major. Land forms by mechanisms that are currently operating in the. The natural laws that operate now, have always been operating. Suggested that the world was older than 6,000 years. Mountains are built by deposition and broken down by erosion- a. with science) b. c. d. from modern ones e. catastrophe had appeared a. b. world (time, erosion) a. b. and continue to operate c. d. Lamarck hypothesized that species evolve through use and a. b. disuse of body parts and the inheritance of acquired characteristics (change traits and pass them on to offspring) c. d. e.
