BIOE 20C Lecture 1: 102Lecture1-ScienceBeforeDarwin.docx

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Central theme of biology - links all disciplines. Has transformed life on earth from earliest forms to the diverse forms of the past and present. Mechanism that explains complex relationships between living organisms. All life has existed in present form forever = 42% The numbers have not changed much over the years http://www. gallup. com/poll/21814/evolution-creationism-intelligent-design. aspx. Both terms offer insights into the history of evolutionary thinking. View of change changed with time (see eidos) Ex. before darwin, people believed the earth was only 6,000 years old, but that view has changed over time to the new belief that the earth is billions of years old. Early western culture: believed species were fixed and eternal. Essentialism: all species had a perfect essence, a standard to strive for. Variation was considered unimportant and ignored (when it is a crucial part to evolution and was seen as failure to achieve eidos natural selection) This dog fits its breed"s perfect standards / essence.

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