Peope Flashcards
1
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Linnaeus
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1 Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature
2
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Hutton
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2 Gradualism
3
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Malthus
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3 Linear vs Exponential curves
4
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Lamarck
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4 Use vs Disuse, was wrong in his idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics
5
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Cuvier
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5 Catastrophism (didn’t believe in gradualism)
6
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Lyell
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6 uniformitarianism (principles of geology)
7
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Wallace
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7 Father of biogeography, wrote a paper with Darwin on the theory of evolution due to natural selection
8
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Darwin
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8 Father of ecology, wrote “The origin of species by means of natural selection”
