BILD 3 Lecture Notes - Galápagos Islands, Transitional Fossil, Medium Ground Finch
25 Nov 2013
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Charles darwin, 1809-1882 the father of modern evolutionary theory. Origin of species by natural selection, 1859: all organisms evolved from a common ancestor, but became modified over time evolution as descent with modification. Descent with modification earth"s many species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day species. Evolution change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation: mechanism: natural selection. Natural selection explains the observable patterns of evolution. His book profoundly challenged prevailing world views, ushering in a scientific revolution the era of evolutionary biology. Evolution as a pattern and a process. Evolution, that, is not a new idea. 400-300 bc: zhuangzi, chinese taoist philosopher: space and nature are constantly changing. 800-900: islamic philosophers (al-jahiz, ibn khaldun: struggle for existence, compete to survive, food chain. Changes in people"s views on natural history and natural selection are brought about by developments in classification, geology, paleontology, economics, and.
