ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology 1001
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Environment had an impact on the different plants. First person to attempt to explain how an organism could change, went a step further than. Inheritance of acquired characteristics ("lamarckism"): characteristics that are acquired during an individual"s lifetime can be inherited by his or her offspring. Classic lamarck example - the giraffe"s neck growth over time. Catastrophism - periodically throughout the earth"s history (believed in a young earth) there would be events that cause mass extinctions. Area where the population were extinct, new population would move in and repopulate the area. Lyell (1797-1875) - was given credit for demonstrating the ideas and published this data and ideas. Malthus (1766-1834) - was the demographer; he studied populations and said the earth was overpopulated. The idea that population size can be limited by resources, if a population gets too big then the result is high morality. Alfred wallace (1823-1913) - independently came up with idea of natural selection.
