BIOL 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Georges Cuvier, Andes
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While you"re at it, check out the following article: http://www. nbcnews. com/science/science-news/why-do-zebras-have-stripes-mystery-solved-scientists-say-n68836. Before evolution was understood, people thought: there were independent and separate creations, all unrelated to each other, species are immutable, life on earth is young; earth is young, fossils were a mystery, georges louis leclerc a. k. a. Each species has an unchanging internal world that organizes the particles of the organism into the species" typical form; could be modified by different climatic conditions: georges cuvier (1769 1832) Proposed extinction as common occurrence is history of life. His conclusion: catastrophies were followed by new acts of creation. (of complex organisms: lamarck"s theory explained: Individuals evolve in response to environment pass changes to offspring inheritance of acquired characteristics . Darwin- individuals do not evolve populations do. Over-thrown ideas: species are related by a common ancestry, species do not change. Particles or spirit within them could respond to environment: charles lyell (1797 1875)
