BIOL 359- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 104 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Topic 1 a short history of evolution. Anaximander of ancient greece species formed from water, humans and animals from fish. Empedocles heads, limbs and organs joined at random and some combinations were fit. Plato idealism the idea that natural phenomena are imperfect representations of true essence of an ideal unseen world. Linnaeus father of taxonomy established modern classification in systema naturae hoped to find pattern for god"s creation. Lamarck species change over time into new species differed from darwin"s ideas: inheritance of acquired characteristics. Erasmus darwin darwin"s grandfather proposed that species were modified descendants. Cuvier father of comparative anatomy, paleontology and proposed catastrophism: earth"s features result from great catastrophes that don"t operate anymore, catastrophism arose with trying to reconcile geographic history with the age of the earth per the bible. Some say the earth was created in 4004bc (at 9am) Geologists contributions: james hutton father of modern geology responsible for principle of uniformitarianism.
