ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology
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1/17/2013 7:10:00 pm: better known as carl linnaeus. Linnaeus was a creationist and an advocate of the principle of fixity of species: all species were created by god, and species were immutable and unchangeable after their creation. Theory of catastrophism: in the past, there were a series of sudden, violent geological and climatic changes that led to the extinction of animals in the affected region. After the cataclysm subsided, the region was repopulated by animals from neighboring areas that were similar in appearance but not identical with those that went extinct. Theory of uniformitarianism: forces existing today that shape the earth are the same as those that acted in the past. Thomas malthus- wrote the essay on the principle of population, influenced. Charles darwin ( 1809-1882: theory of natural selection to explain transformation of a species over time, observations on the galapagos islands. Also developed theory that species change by natural selection.
