Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
Q
number of discovered eukaryote species
A
1.8 million
2
Q
estimated eukaryote richness
A
309-492 million
3
Q
proximate aka mechanistic question
A
deal with mechanism and do not always require evolutionary thinking
4
Q
ultimate question
A
concerned with evolutionary origins and functions
5
Q
2 types of science
A
- observation + induction
2. hypothesis-based
6
Q
natural history
A
documentation of appearance, behaviour, distribution, etc, of organisms
7
Q
induction
A
creation of a statement of generality from accumulated instances
8
Q
hypothesis-based science
A
can occur after observation/induction has led one to formulate a hypothesis
9
Q
hypothesis
A
a tentative answer to a question, approached in an if/then format
10
Q
hypothetico-deductive approach
A
a particular outcome is predicted from a generalization
