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The Development of Evolutionary Thinking Flashcards

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1
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When was the concept of evolution established?

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before the 1800s

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knowledge of genetics pre-darwin: stable varieties…

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nearly always breed true

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knowledge of genetics pre-darwin: hybrids can be identical…

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to one parent, or a combination. hybrid x hybrid yields great variation. hybrids do not breed true

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knowledge of genetics pre-darwin: sometimes mutations are seen in…

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stable varieties

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knowledge of genetics pre-darwin… mutated animals can be bred with normals to produce….?

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stable varieties

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Who published Systema Naturae, and in what year was the first edition published?

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Linnaeus,
1735

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Describe the classification within Systema Naturae

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systems, classes, orders, species, genera and kingdoms

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Who believed that evolution followed natural laws, and that humans and apes were related?

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Comte de Buffon

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Who wrote The Histoire Naturelle, and in what year?

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Comte de Buffon, 1749

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Who believed that evolution leads to increasing complexity?

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Lamarck

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Which book by Lamarck described evolution, and in what year was it published?

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Philosophie zoologique, 1809

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Which evolutionary thinker’s work focused on fossils, and demonstrated that animals can go extinct?

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Cuvier (1817)

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What inspired Darwin’s Theory of evolution?

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Hutton’s unconformity

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who was Robert FitzRoy?

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captain of the HMS Beagle

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According to Ussher’s chronology, when was the Earth created?

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4004 BC

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Describe the trip of the HMS Beagle?

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1831 to 1836
focused on South Africa

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Who identified differences in beak size in Galapagus finches?

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Gould

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18
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Malay archipelago was written by ….

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1869)

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Brachiopods from the Falkland Islands displayed what, and were discovered by whom…

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organisation
Darwin

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20
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Where was the Wallace Line?

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between South East Asia and Australasia

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Sarawak Law

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Geological changes are tied with location of animals and plants
Animals in same geographical location display similarities
Changes occur with distance

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How long did Darwin spend on the Galapagos islands?

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19 days

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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1823- 1913

24
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Wallace collected samples from…

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South America/Malay archipelago

25
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Malay Archipelago

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south east asia and australia

26
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animals towards Australasia of Wallace line:

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marsupials

27
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describe lydekker’s line

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easternmost boundary of Wallace’s line

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the area between Wallace line and lydekker line:

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transition zone (mixture of fauna and flora

29
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Who wrote the Sarwack Law: gradual geological changes associated with animal and plant distrubution

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Wallace

30
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On the Tendency of Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original Type

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Wallace, 1858
Ternate

31
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Which paper did Darwin receive from Wallace?

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On the Tendency of Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original Type

32
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On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection” presented by whom?

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1858
Darwin and Wallace

33
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How long was Darwin alleged to have kept the paper by Wallace?

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14 days

34
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if Darwin did not deceive Wallace, when would his letter have arrived?

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18th June

35
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Who did Darwin and Wallace present to?

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the Linnean Society

36
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what year did the beagle set sail?

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1831

37
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Matthew Patrick believed that

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nurseries allow weaker trees to mature, unlike in nature

38
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FitzRoy’s was conscious about timber as ship building material and therefore

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may have discussed with Darwin information from the Gardener’s Chronicle

39
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FitzRoy’s was conscious about timber as ship building material and therefore

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may have discussed with Darwin information from the Gardener’s Chronicle

40
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how long was the voyage?

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5 years

41
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The evidence behind evolution:

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  1. ordered fossils recorded
  2. homologous limb morphology
  3. similar early embryos
  4. vestigial organs
42
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fossil record organisation:

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simple organisms at the bottom of fossil layers

43
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limb plan of mammals

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5 digits

44
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homologous limb morphology

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jaw bones resemble fish gills
limb plan similar to that of fish

45
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vestigial organs

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dolphins lose limb buds in embryogenesis
bone derived from leg in snakes forms part of sex organ

46
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Genomic Evidence may resemble tree of life

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support of evolution

47
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humans may have evolved from

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lungfish

48
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Genomic Evidence:

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Neanderthal DNA in modern humans

49
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how much DNA do Europeans share with Neanderthals?

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1.5 to 2.1%

50
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key principles of evolution

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competition
variation
adaptation

51
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Denial of Evolution

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turkey
nearly half in USA

52
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state of Tennesse vs john thomas scopes

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monkey trial
evolution became legal to teach

53
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where is evolution not taught?

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Oklahoma

54
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when was the theory of natural selection first presented?

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Wallace and Darwin Linnean Society in 1858

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