ANTH 1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Georges Cuvier, Natural Theology, Special Creation
19 May 2017
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Why are the features of organisms suited so well for their. Populations of organisms form lineages that evolve and lineages that split into multiple daughter species. If lineages diverge into daughter species that look slightly different: individuals within populations vary, variation is heritable. If organisms adapt to their environment: processes that we observe in populations today must"ve occurred in the past, environmental change, competition for limited resources. If the branching pattern explains diversity then lots of time is required. The earth is old and in constant flux, the environment is constantly changing. The special place of humans in nature: humans get rialed up by the idea that we are animals (apes) The perfect fit of organisms to their environment: teleology- the apparent design of organisms. The special creation and the immutability (fixity) of species. Aristotle: scala naturae/ great chain of being- idea that we are more developed and have a greater value. Creation is perfect, therefore extinction is impossible.
