ANTH 1001 : ANTH First Test
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In the past, there were a series of sudden violent cataclysmic events that caused the extinction of animals in the affected areas: after the events subsided, the area was relatively depopulated. Animals from nearby areas migrated in and repopulated (these animals were similar to the extinct ones, but not identical: able to demonstrate that any one species does not change over time, they are fixed by. The immigrant animals that repopulated the area satisfied the evidence of a series of similar looking animals across time: charles lyell (1797-1875) Impressed that sun, wind, rain could change physical geography by slow, progressive cumulative events: rejected cuvier"s theory of catastrophism, theory of uniformitarianism. In 1859 (know date), was the publication of darwin"s on the origin of species by means of natural. Individuals with the favorable traits would survive and reproduce. Third generation: 75% round, 25% wrinkled results of wrinkled x wrinkled were 100%
