ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Carl Linnaeus, Genetic Drift, Macroevolution
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Gene flow: introduction or leaving of population and change the available genes directional: If there is some kind of barrier (geographical) Offspring will eventually become so different that they can"t really reproduce anymore. When two different organisms adapt to the same enviro. They will begin to adapt the same characteristics. Linneaus (1758)- invented the classification of organisms. Count de buffon (1749)- rejects classification of humans but still had strong cultural bias. Tried to object the sense of classification. Emphasis the idea of humans as one species. Humans are both the investigators and subjects. Eugenics originated in the us, it applies natural selection with reproduction. If people of favourable traits reproduce then offspring will be good and benift society. Means that people with unfavourable traits are not supposed to reproduce. Took out cultural traits and said that they are inherent. People with highses shouldreproduce where as low ses shouldn"t. Adolf hiter applied eugenics to the jewish population.
