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Important People Flashcards

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John Ray

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Concept of species

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Taxonomy classification

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3
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Buffon

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External - change; environment

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Erasmus Darwin

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Common ancestor
Vast amount of time
Competition for resources

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Lamarck

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Wrong but first attempt to explain evolution

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Cuvier

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Wrong but first to explain extinction

Catastrophism

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Malthus

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Population high

Leveling mechanism

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Lyell

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Uniformitarianism

Means long time, not just 6,000yr Earth

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Charles Darwin

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Natural Selection

Evolution

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