ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Plants And Animals, Binomial Nomenclature, Orthogenesis
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Lab will be covering genetics: origin myths. Universal explanations: how humans came into existence, how humans are the ultimate products of creation, relationship of humans and other animals, fixity of species. Reflected powerful religious system in europe middle ages. Accepted that all living things created by god. Main idea until we came up with the concepts of darwinism: great chain of being. 1st proposed by aristotle in 4th century bc: aristotle still believed in fixity of species. All animals arranged in a hierarchy that progressed from simplest to most complex. Placed humans in a direct relationship with other species with humans at the top of the hierarchy: genus and species john ray, 17th century. Saw that certain plants & animals could be distinguished from other groups by their ability to reproduce with one another and produce viable offspring. Placed reproductively isolated groups of individuals in a category called species . Recognized that some species shared similarities called genus.
