22.1 Darwin's influences Flashcards
1
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Aristotle’s scale of nature =
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scala nature = the ladder of increasing complexity
2
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Linnaeus developed
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binomial nomenclature
3
Q
Georges Cuvier
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largely developed paleontology
advocated catastrophism
4
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the study of fossils:
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paleontology
5
Q
the principle that events in the past occurred suddenly and were caused by mechanisms different from those operating in the present
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catastrophism
6
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Charles Lyell
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uniformitarianism
7
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the mechanisms of chafe are constant over time
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uniformitarianism
8
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James Hutton
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proposed that earths geological features could be explained by gradual mechanisms still operating
9
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Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
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use and disuse: parts of the body used more will grow
inheritance of acquired characteristics: these new characteristics were passed on to the offspring
