ANT 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Carl Linnaeus, Binomial Nomenclature, Erasmus Darwin
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For example, dogs cannot mate and produce offspring with cats: binomial nomenclature: in taxonomy, the convention established by carolus linnaeus whereby genus and species names are used to refer to species. Cuvier promoted this view, especially in opposition to lamarck: uniformitarianism: the theory that the earth"s features are the result of long-term processes that continue to operate in the present just as they did in the past. Elaborated on by lyell, this theory opposed catastrophism and contributed strongly to the concept of immense geological time: fitness: pertaining to natural selection, a measure of the relative reproductive success of individuals. Fitness can be measured by an individual"s genetic contribution to the next generation compared with that of other individuals. When expressions of a phenomenon continuously grade into one another so that there are no discrete categories, they exist on a continuum.
