Evolution Flashcards
1
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George Cuvier
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Developed palaeontology
Proposed catastrophism
2
Q
James Hutton
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Uniformist
Idea of actualism
Geological process are the same as they were long time ago
3
Q
Sir Charles Lyell
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Principles of geology
*earth is ancient and dramatic change occurs slowly
4
Q
Count George Buffon
A
Species could change over time
5
Q
Jean-baptist Lamark
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Use and disuse
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
6
Q
Erasmus Darwin
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All life came from one source
All life could change over time
7
Q
Thomas Malthus
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Overproduction
Populations are limited by their environment
8
Q
Charles Darwin
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Initially populated by species from surrounding land mass
Fossils represent ancestral forms of living organisms
9
Q
Alfred Russell Wallace
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Arrived at the same conclusions as Darwin but in two days
