History of evolution

Question 1

Aristotle?

Answer 1

Life arises out of nothing

Question 2

Francesco Redi

Answer 2

Life comes from existing life - because life was only generated on meat where flies could visit (jars of meat)

Question 3

Carl Linnaeus

Answer 3

Binomial classification

Question 4

Charles Lyell

Answer 4

Earth is many millions of years old (evidence from strata) enough time for evolution

Question 5

Thomas Malthus

Answer 5

people produced many more children than they could feed, so selection must occur

Question 6

Jean-Baptiste de Lamark

Answer 6

use and disuse theory- parts of the body that were used more became stronger, these acquired characteristics are passed on to offspring.

Question 7

Watson and Crick

Answer 7

Discovered DNA

Question 8

George Williams

Answer 8

individuals are selfish - they do it for themselves, not the species

Question 9

Thomas Huxley

Answer 9

Argued for Darwin

Question 10

Gregor Mendel

Answer 10

Work on inheritance

Question 11

Ronald Fisher

Answer 11

theory of inheritance and selection

Question 12

Sewall Wright

Answer 12

population genetics

Question 13

Richard Dawkins

Answer 13

selection at the genetic level

Question 14

Alfred Russel Wallace

Answer 14

came up with theory at the same time as Darwin

Question 15

Darwin

Answer 15

Heritability, Competition, Selection, Adaptation