[BIO120H1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (122 pages long!)
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Bio120: darwin"s big idea and how it changed biology (lecture 2) 200th anniversary of darwin"s birth, 150th anniversary publication of the origin. Living things change gradually from one form into another over time. Challenges view of special creation (direct creation of all things in effectively their present form) View prevalent in uk at time darwin doing work. View thought to be cause of biodiversity on earth, even in north america (no evidence) Theory of evolution involved two controversial ideas: concept of a changing universe: replaced view of a static world. Today: concerned about global and environmental change: a phenomenon with no purpose: replaced view that the causes of all phenomena had to have a purpose. Blind, mechanistic purpose; no foresight; can explain in scientific terms. Huge controversy at time, people thought everything had to have a purpose. Adaptation and biodiversity are all consequences of process of evolution. No such thing, scientifically speaking, as mother nature .
