BMSC101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meiosis, Georges Cuvier, Camelopardalis
6 Jul 2018
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The darwinian revolution"s influence in the scientific community. Evolution is the gradual process of change in which organisms inherit biological characteristics from successive ancestors. Scientific theories, such as charles darwin and alfred wallace"s theory of evolution by natural selection, have been substantiated by data over numerous studies to explain the phenomena by which evolution occurs. [1] while argued against by the public during the 1850s, the darwinian revolution became apparent due to logical evidence of natural selection across multiple species for generations via the development of biological genetic diversity and phenotypic variation within species. [1][2][3] thus suggesting that the darwinian theory is a relevant explanation for the variety of life found on earth today. However, georges cuvier, the father of palaeontology, discovered supportive evidence in fragments of fossils which, when put together, did not match the skeletal configuration of currently living organisms. His discovery brought modern day organisms into question and how they came to exist on earth.
