Important People Flashcards
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Aristotle(384-322BC)
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Greater organization. Scalae naturae.
2
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Carolus Linneaeus(1707-1778)
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Theologian. Came up with binomial nomenclature system.
3
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Georges Cuvier(1769-1832)
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Catastrophist. Extinction is possible. Too complicated to evolve.
4
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Lamarck(1774-1829)
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Organisms can adapt to the environment. Spontaneous generation. Goal directed. Inheritance of squired characteristics. Adaption by use or disuse.
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Darwin (1809-1882)
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Natural selection. Origin of life as one species. Speciation.
6
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George Mendel (1822-1884)
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Particulate inheritance
7
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Plato(427-347 BC)
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Idealism. Two worlds in which one has a perfect form and the other in which we live in is imperfect.
8
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Charles Lyell(1797-1875)
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The earth is older than it is actually is.
