ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nicolas Steno, Green Iguana, James Hutton
15 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
3 ways to make humans- mud, wood, corn (maya) Natural history facts : c. 1700: origins of species: creation. Testable predictions: age of the earth: recent creation- young (thousands of years, ancient creation- ancient (millions/billions of years, evolution- ancient (millions/billions of years) Carbon dating- carbon 14 decays, creates half life, relative ages. Uranium decays slower: radioactive age dating: make bombs, power-nuclear energy, used to estimate age of earth. Nicolas steno: established principles of stratigraphy. Layers of rocks originate from sediment in bodies of water: fossils in rock came from living things. James hutton: established principle of uniformitarianism, believed earth was infinitely old. Richard owen: dinosaurs: examined bones found, names given. Testable predictions: biogeography: recent creation- occur where they were created, travel, evolution- ranges of living species. Charles darwin: early career- failed at med school, divinity school (riding horses, hunting), Gentleman"s companion : galapagos island (marine/land iguana, green iguana, finches, wrote voyage, natural selection, studies of barnacles, earthworms.
