BIOL 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meiosis, Genetic Recombination, Uniformitarianism
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The major belief was in a special creation in which god formed all species and placed them on the earth. As darwin journeyed in the hms beagle, he observed the uniformity of geological processes such as volcanism, earthquakes, and erosion. He collected fossils and observed that each continent had animals that were characteristic and different from those on other continents. On the galapagos, he observed and collected finches from different islands and noted differences in giant tortoises on different galapagos islands. In artificial selection, humans select for the traits they desire in plants or animals. Darwin"s ideas challenged prevailing beliefs about life"s diversity by using natural processes to explain how species arise. Darwin saw humans as just another species and rejected the idea that humans were specially created. The modern evolutionary synthesis combines the work of darwin with a modern understanding of genes, chromosomes, and the origins of variation.
