BIOL 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Great Chain Of Being, God, Georges Cuvier
13 Jul 2017
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Theories and systems used to explain evolutionary thoughts and existence of life. Variability is important and species do not have an essence. Might deviate from perfect type but not varied. Organized based on increase in size and complexity. Believed organisms start simple and evolve and go to top of ladder. Thought that variation among species in population existed and was key to understanding their nature. Went to chart waters of south american coastline. Species in past are ancestors of species living today. The mechanism for this change was called natural selection. The book made 2 statement about nature of species had two details: species change thru time, species are related by common ancestry. Sequence of timed intervals that cover the major events of earth in its history. Once developed figured out earth was a lot older. Since the production of sed rocks are very slow. Form from sand and mud at beaches or rivers.
