ANTHRO 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Gene Flow, Adaptive Radiation, Carl Linnaeus
15 Sep 2016
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Darwin sent on a ship to explore the world to collect, document, and study the natural world. Darwin questioned why species varied by habitat. He realized adaptation was the heart of evolution. Adaptive radiation = out of one species branch closely related other species. Pre-darwin judeo christian views: earth was young and species were relatively unchanged, by the 1700s scientists had realized this was all wrong. Taxonomy = the classifications of animals both dead and alive. Hutton wind and rain erosion which provide surface to new materials: these surfaces become stacked called strata. Uniformitarianism = the earths processes today are similar to those processes of the past. Hooke fossil wood came from trees. Catastrophism cataclysmic events are the cause for extinction of some animals: this isn"t true, extinction isn"t the biggest leading factor to evolution. Malthus survival had to do with who could get the most food. Darwin"s book on evolution on the origin of species.
