ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Genetic Drift, Mammal, Mesozoic
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Macro- creation of new species, through reproduction isolation, Micro- idea of small genetic changes, or allele frequencies that occur within a pop. Gene pool within a pop. diff. allele frequencies within a pop. Two diff. school of thought 1st) linneaus- binomial nomenclature. He didn"t include modern humans, but in 1735 he came up with nomenclature, but 20 years later he looked at homosapiens and divided them up according to geography, stated below. Europaeus -white serious, blue eyes smart, strong, active, wears tight clothing. Asiaticus -yellow, greedy black hair, hotty, ruled by opinion. When it came to dividing our own species, he did cultural biases; this highlights problems, with examination of our own species. Count de buffon he also incorporated cultural biases in what he studied. He is different from linneaus because he didn"t divide the ppl into different classification, he didn"t adhere to diff types of categories. He kept it more descriptive, emphasized the unity.
