exam one people Flashcards
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Carolus linneaus
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-invented binomial nomenclature
2
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Jean Baptiste Lamark
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- theory of transmutation
- evolution branches. Not straight line
- first to recognize significance of environment in species change
3
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James hutton
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- geological uniformatarianism
- changes in the earth over time
- needs a tremendous amount of time
- earth is old
4
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Baron george Cuvier
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- founder of vertebrate paleontology
- turning fossil fragments into whole animals
- introduced concept of divergence
- multiple catastrophes like Noah’s flood
5
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Thomas Malthus
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- war of nature
- humankind infinitely fertile
- limited resources
- those who cannot afford needs of life will not survive
- social Darwinism
6
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Charles Darwin
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- Evolution by natural selection
- used Hutton large geological time, Lamark transmutation, Malthus limited resources and Cuvier divergence
7
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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- work with Darwin
- Believe in fortuitous variation
8
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Gregor Mendel
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- dominant and recessive traits in pea plants
- theory of variation and inheritance
- genetics
9
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Herbert Spencer
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- theory of social selection
- struggle to gain living is force for good
- key to survival is more than physical, is about intelligence, self control, and innovation
- those who died were the least fit
- no handouts
- let natural selection work
10
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Andrew Carnegie
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- successful people must help the human race
- built libraries and other cultural centers
- did not leave inheritance, would mess with survival of fittest
11
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Sir Edward Tylor
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-reason drives evolution
-all civilization goes through the same linear evolution
- different because in different places on scale
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12
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Franz Boas
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- originally German came to US
- kwakuitl of British Columbia
- lived with them and tried to learn everything
- taught many revolutionary anthro
- critiqued evolution anthro, reason and race
13
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Alan Lomax
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- collected southern folk songs because they were important to culture
- interviewed these people as well
- man on street recordings
- first concept albums
14
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J. Gottfried van Herder
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- volksgeist (spirit of people)
- expressed in song, folklore, dance, cooking etc.
- geistwissenshaft: science of Geist
- understanding vs explanation
15
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Ralph Kramden vs Reginald van Gleason
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- culture vs uncultured
- same actor
- one just did fancier stuff
