BIOL101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Erasmus Darwin, Carl Linnaeus
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Evolution before darwin: evolutionary biology essentially began in 1859 with the publication of on the origin of. This was the prevailing belief in darwin"s time: carolus linnaeus ( father of taxonomy) Established framework for modern classification ( the binomial system e. g homo. Sapiens) in the system of nature in the hope of discovering the pattern of god"s creation: jean baptiste lamarck (philosphie zoologique): Species change over time into new species. His idea"s concerning how this modification occurred differed considerably from. Inheritance of acquired characteristics ; use and disuse. Evolution before darwin: erasmus darwin: darwin"s grandfather also proposed that species are modified descendants of earlier forms, georges curview: father of comparative anatomy. Paleontology and a proponent of catastrophism: the widely held belief that the earth"s features had been primarily modeled by great catastrophes that resulted from forces that no longer operate today. 26th, 4004 bc at 9 in the morning: james hutton; father of modern geology.