bruh - evolution people Flashcards
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What did Socrates, Plato and Aristotle contribute? (1)
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Set in motion idea of an unchanging world.
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What did Eidos contribute? (1)
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Idea of a “Perfect form” / everything is “set”.
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Lecleric contributions? (2)
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- First to challenge idea that life is unchanging.
2. Pointed out similarities between apes and humans.
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Cuvier contributions? (3)
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- Created paleontology.
- Came up with catastrophism idea.
- Saw that earth had layers
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Anning? (2)
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- Cuvier supported her.
2. Discovered Plesiosaur.
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Lyell (2)
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- Wrote book: Principles of Geology.
- Uniformitarianism –> all the things we see are
changing now, so it would’ve changed the same in the past.
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Lamarck (2)
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- Got it wrong.
2. Believed in “Acquired Characteristics” (purr manifest).
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Thomas Malthus (3)
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- Not a scientist, minister who worked with pord.
- The Principle of Population –> paper, birth control yes
- Malthusian Dilemma –> too many people == bad
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Charles Darwin (2)
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- Took 5 year boat trip, then settled down to write book on research.
- Survival of the fittest–> Natural selection–> Decent of modification.
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Wallace (1)
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- Co-Publishes book with Darwin (pushed Darwin to publish book before he died).
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Name of Charles Darwin and Wallace’s Book?
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“On the Origin of Species”
12
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Name of boat Darwin went on?
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“HMS Beagle”
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Notable place Darwin went?
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South Africa, Galapagos Islands.