people Flashcards
plato
true world vs illusionary world-true world vs world perceived by the senses
aristotle
“scale of nature”-first classification system
aristotle’s classification system
2 kingdoms
plants and animals
-had a continuum from simple to complex
cuvier
atastrophism-the history of life was made by ataclysmic events like floods and droughts
linnaeus
Natural Theology-disovery of a Creators plan through classification of species
Binomial nomenclature
lamarck
acquired characteristics-early expansion of mechanism of evolution
(if humans flap their arms long enough, theyd grow wings, and their children would have wings
hutton
gradualism-evolution is a slow and steady process
lyell
uniformitariasm- the processes that currently shape the earth have and always will shape the earth (like desertification, erosion….)
malthus
population trends- if we keep using our finite resources and the pop keeps growing, we’d use up all of our resources
growing pop leads to competition
wallace
the reason darwin published his book