BIO 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Binomial Nomenclature, Carl Linnaeus, James Hutton
8 Jan 2019
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Lecture 3 (8/31): history of evolution theory & darwin. The supreme being placed organisms on earth, design look/function of organisms, species don"t change. Anaximander: 6th century bc, 1st to propose that life comes from pre-existing life. Common descent: all organisms come from common ancestor. Transmutation of species: species mutate from already existing species. Carolus linnaeus: 1707-1778, tried to understand divine by seeking similarity among organisms (classifying!!) Ex: homo-sapien is binomial nomenclature for people. Nested hierarchy of organisms: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. James hutton: 1726-1797, naturalist, founder of modern geology. The great geological cycle: the great coupling of sedimentation w/ erosion. Sedimentation: sediments deposited by water compressed to form stone, slow process, materials furnished from the ruins of former continents . Erosion: rocks exposed to elements breaks down into sediments. Gradualism: profound change is cumulative product of slow but continuous process. We find no vestige of a beginning of time, no prospect of end .
