HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Speciation, Second Voyage Of Hms Beagle, E.G. Time
5 Dec 2020
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Evolutionary theory: darwin(1809-1882) conducted research in britain. Survival of the fittest: term by herbert spencer ; describes outcome of natural selection. Argued that human intellectual, moral and personality traits were transmitted from parents to offspring. Contemporaries were not impresses because they believed mental capacities were divine(g ttlich) He tried to prove this in experiments : not very successful, but inspired the next generations. Article - darwin, dover, and intelligent design: scientific words became tool for scaring and confusing others -> became political sensitive. Instead of evolution (teleological meaning earlier) ; darwin used transmutation . They attack science but say there is some real science in id. Second component specified complexity : quantify the unlikelihood of irreducible complexity. Various id supporter accept different things: e. g. very conservative and think the. Earth is only a few thousand years old & others accept a limited amount of evolution - > accept microevolution (change within populations) but not macroevolution(origin of major groups + adaptation)
