Evolution Flashcards
Who developed a system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature & is the father of taxonomy?
Carl Linnaeus, 1707 - 1778
Who wrote a 44-volume book about plants & animals?
Georges-Louis Leclerc, 1707-1788
He was Charles Darwins grandfather & wrote many books about plants, animals & evolution. His findings on evolution were based on changes undergone by animals during their development, artificial selection by humans, and the presence of vestigial organs.
Erasmus Darwin, 1731 - 1802
He believed that plants & animals adapted to their environment. He proposed an incorrect theory based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1744-1829
He was a zoologist who used comparative anatomy to classify animals.
Georges Cuvier
