ANTHRO 2B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abo Blood Group System, Golden Lion Tamarin, Pygmy Marmoset
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Eidos - ideal type, true, in cosmological world. Great chain of being: middle ages. Fixity of species: emergence of western science. Systema naturae- 1735 labeled the same because of shared anatomical features binomial: unique type of organism, naming it by genus wolf: canis lupus dog: canis familiriaris humas: homo sapiens. Problems with lamarck: problem with growth and progress circular argument. F. ) george cuvier: studied fossils catastrophism: natural disasters happened and they wiped out all life forms in the area + others move in to repopulate that area. Uniformitarianism- natural process have and always will be at work. Sir charles lyell- wrote the first textbook: principles of geology. Enrolled in edwards univ. enjoyed natural sciences physically sick of seeing live labs (surgeries) dropped out of classes enrolled at price college of cambridge to become a minister of a church. Was given a letter to be on a ship to go around.
