ANT203H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Carl Linnaeus, Thomas Robert Malthus, James Hutton
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> to be scientific, a hypothesis must be testable (must be an objective way to test it) > the potential must exist for a hypothesis to be rejected. Theory: a set of hypotheses that have been tested repeatedly and that have not been rejected. >we have evidence evolution occurred in the past and still occurs today. > various hypotheses have been suggested in the past to explain why and how evolution has occured. > hypothesis of natural selection developed by charles darwin - major component of modern evolutionary theory. Modern evolutionary theory is not static (unchanging), it is a dynamic process(continual refinements in specific aspects of the theory and its applications) Pre-darwinian thought was static (unchanging) -> all living creatures created by god in their present form, showing little if any change over many generations. Biology was a descriptive science giving much attention to description and classification among organisms.
