BIOL 3040 : Final Exam Notes
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Interested in similarities among organisms as a way to discover anatomical and physiological principles. Pre-darwin middle ages: two divergent world views during the middle ages, western world view, christianity/creationism, concerned with the literal interpretation of the bible, eastern world view. Islam: preserved the teachings of the ancient greek and romans, continued to contribute to evolutionary thinking. 1st law use and disuse of parts due to changes in behavior; leads to change in structure. Influenced darwin"s theory of natural selection: malthus, political economist, essay of the principles of population, concerned about the declining living conditions due to overpopulation, famine, and poverty, darwin analogized this concept with nature. Darwinism: charles darwin, went to medical school, dropped out to study theology. Joined crew of hms beagle to survey s. america"s coastline spent next 20 years after his return to. 20th century darwin : mayr, systematics and the origin of species, allopatric speciation, biological species concept, simpson, paleontologist.
