BIOL 2400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nicolas Steno, Carl Linnaeus, Systema Naturae
25 Sep 2018
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Increase cell size decrease rate (metabolism as well) Special creation: each organism originated independently, all organisms were created recently since the time of creation, each organism has remained the same. Nicolaus steno: * study of strata = stratigraphy, 1666 was brought giant shark, discovered triangular rocks we re teeth turned to stone-fossils, rock layers (cid:523)strata(cid:524) provide record of earth(cid:495)s history. Carolus linnaeus (cid:494)systema naturae(cid:495: established conventions for naming organisms in mid 1700s *taxonomy, kingdom, phylum, etc, sharp discontinuities between species, argued that species are immutable (unchanging) Insights from geology & paleontology in late 1700s: geologists accepted rocks formed slowly, earth must be old, species appear & disappear, gradual changes in ecology appear to be explained by process we see today. Charles darwin (1809-1882: studies fossils & organisms & geology, uniformitarianism: observable natural processes responsible for events in past, earth was old lots of diversity of similar form species seemed to fit well in their environment.
