CAS BI 107 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Carl Linnaeus, James Hutton, Georges Cuvier
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* memorize all examples (same ones on exam) * essential characteristics of science: guided by natural law e. g. gravity, explanatory by reference to natural law e. g. understand the concept of gravity, testable against the empirical world (must have collectible data, conclusions are tentative (changeable, falsifiable. Scientists found evidence of doushantuo fossils from 600 mya: eukaryotes. Later they realized it"s not eukaryotes, it"s actually bacteria. Went on u. s. s beagle at 22 to plot coastline of south america. Returned home 5 years later, wrote origin of species. 1 of 2 people to come up with natural selection/evolution: other was alfred russel. Small changes within a population that would eventually lead to. * darwin"s finches (ex. he wrote about in . Also saw birds with wings that couldn"t fly (e. g penguins, ostriches) Saw finches on different islands of south america + on mainland. * people who influenced darwin: carolus linnaeus. Founder of binomial nomenclature (system of naming species: georges cuvier.
