BIOL 3040 : Test 1 Notes
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Chapter 1: evolution overview: evolution: the process of descent with modification that is responsible for the origin, diversity, and maintenance of life; the change of allele frequencies over time. Early evolutionary thought before darwin is important because it was those ideas that led up to darwin developing the theory of natural selection: early b. c. James ussher: used old testament to date creation to 5,500 years old (still wrong but vastly older than what people originally thought); changed the idea of time. Invention of the telescope: universe was vast and expansive and older than anyone would"ve expected: george louis leclerc: physics; used equation to find out earth was about 75k-3m years old; used ideas of heating and cooling rocks. The origins of the species published in 1859**: ch. 1: artificial selection; establish ideas of variability and inheritance for lay audience; used examples of pigeons: ch. Scientific method: make observations, formulate hypothesis, derive predictions from hypothesis, experimentally test.
