BIOL 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Medium Ground Finch, Microsoft Onenote, Body Plan
12 Dec 2015
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Briefly describe the ideas of each of the following people in the development of the theory of evolution. Independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection and prompted darwin to publish his own ideas in on the. Greek poet (611-546 b. c. ) first western philosopher to postulate that humans evolved from fish that had moved onto land. Wrote principles of geology stating hypothesis that geological processes working today are no different from those working in the past. Large geological features result from the accumulated effect of these geological forces. Most important scientific contribution was zoonomia a book that anticipated some of the view of lamarck foreshadowing the modern theory of evolution. First to clearly state organisms adapted to their environments. All individuals of every species had an innate, inner drive for perfection. All traits they acquired over their lifetimes could be passed on to their offspring.
