ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Zygote, Base Pair, Industrial Revolution
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Focus on the lecture notes for this chapter. Theory a well-established and generally accepted explanation (an accepted hypothesis) which: has been well-supported by testing, explain all existing facts, and, can provide predictions about new data. Evolution change in the genetic structure of a population from one generation to the next. Involves the development of species but also within population. Do not need to know people for the text only people mentioned in both the lectures and textbook readings. History-necessary background developments: experimental science and hypothesis testing. Golden age of experimental science comes from the medieval and islamic civilizations (1000 years ago) Used hypothetical testing for the natural world 1700s 1800s a. d two concepts. Lyell is known as the father of geology. He refines theories and makes them clear and ties them together. Two concepts that geologists developed: uniformitarianism (not catastrophism) lyell.
