BIOLOGY 1P03 Lecture Notes - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Vestigiality, Fossil
13 Dec 2013
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Week 10: monday, november 4th to friday, november 8th, 2013. Chapter 14: principles of evolution & supplementary information. Early biological thought did not include the concept of evolution. Two worlds: an ideal world, illusionary world, which is perceived by the senses. Plants and animal variations were simply imperfect representations of ideal forms. Species are fixed on a continuum from simple designs to more complex designs. All living forms could be arranged on this ladder. Each group of organisms was fixed, permanent, and did not change. 14-2 a timeline of the roots of evolutionary thought. Discovery of the creator"s (god"s plan) through the study of nature. Profound change is the cumulative product of slow continuous processes. Inheritance of acquired characteristics (lamarck) inheritance of acquired characteristics use or disuse of body parts lead to their development or their deterioration. Giraffes having longer necks over time because of having to stretch their necks.
