Academic Decathlon Superquiz Section 1

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Charles Darwin

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Wrote on the origin of Species, sailed on HMS Beagle

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Alfred Wallace

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helped provide evidence for theory of evolution

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Theodosius Dobzhansky

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biologist during the 20th century

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Harrison

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definition of evolution

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Maupertius

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French scientist that discussed evolution pre Darwin

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Diderot

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encyclopedist that also speculated about evolution before Darwin

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Erasmus Darwin

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grandfather of Charles Darwin that brought the point of fact to Darwin when Charles reread his book

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Jean-Baptiste Lamark

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French Naturalist that argued that species changed over time into new and different species

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George Cuvier

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anatomist that challenged Lamarck’s ideas, thinking Lamarck was egotistical

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Charles Lyell

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British geologist who criticized Lamarck

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Richard Owen

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student of Cuvier

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Joseph Hooker

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anatomist in British Royal society

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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defended the new evolutionary view against religious attack

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Carl Gegenbaur

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German anatomist that was looking for post-Dawrinian pedigrees

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Ernst Haeckel

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discovery of the theory of Recapitulation

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St. George Jackson Mivart

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Genus of Species

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Agust Weissmann

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German biologist, began the full questioning of Lamarckian evolution existence

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Edward Bagnall Poulton

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studied natural selection and realized that other things needed to work together to make things work

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Erik Nordenskiold

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disbanded any belief in Lamarck’s ideas

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W.F. Weldon

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tried to measure the amount of selection in crab populations on the seashore, biometrician

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R.A. Fisher

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1918 wrote paper proving Mendelian principles

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Sergei Chetverikov

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possessed important lab until arrest in 1929

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E.B. Ford

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studies natural populations, also known as ecological genetics

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H.B.D. Kettlewell

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studies melanism, most famous research in ecological genetics

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G.C. Robson

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discovered that species differences have nothing to do with natural selection

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O.W. Richards

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discovered that species differences have nothing to do with natural selection

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Richard Goldschmidt

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said that speciation is due to macromutations, not the selection of small variants

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Ernst Mayr

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uses different view to address the sayings of Goldschmidt

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George Gaylord Simpson

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refuted idea that analyzing the fossil records needed various processes that was said throught he idea of directed mutation.

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Julian Huxley

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originator of the idea of Modern Synthesis

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Theory of Heredity

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Everything works together

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Anaxiamander

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ancient Greek philosopher

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Archbishop James Ussher

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figured out world was created on October 22, 4004 B.C.

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James Hutton

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father of modern geology, theory of uniformitarianism

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Charles Lyell

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reformed Hutton’s theory to include long periods of time

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Goerges Louis Leclerc

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wrote 44 volumes of all known plants and animals

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William Strata Smith

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developed accurate geologic map of England

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Abraham Gottlob Werner

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proponent of catastrophism

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Baron Georges Cuvier

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worked with Werner

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Louis Agassiz

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proposed catastrophes and creations

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Jean Baptiste de Lamark

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developed theory of species change

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Troffim Lysenko

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tried to reignite Lamarckian believe in Soviet Union

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Thomas Malthus

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found that there is a limit to how many beings can live in one area

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Gregor Mendel

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developed punnet square and father of modern genetics

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Ancient empire philosophers

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Advancement of things from inanimate matter to plants to animals, finally to man.
Man was the crown of creation

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Renaissance Masters

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Leonardo de Vinci found rock deposits to be 200,000 years old.
Galileo studies fossils, discovering they are real

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The Age of the Earth

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Radioactive isotopes showed how old the earth is, and those were not found until the late 19th century
 The earth is 4.5 billion years old, oldest known rocks being 3.96 billion years old.

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Wallace-Darwin Theory

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Individuals in a population have variable levels of agility, size, ability to obtain food, and different successes in reproducing.

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Wallace-Darwin Theory

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Left unchecked, populations tend to expand exponentially, leading to a scarcity of resources

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Wallace-Darwin Theory

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In struggle for existence, some individuals are more successful than others
Those organisms best able to survive and reproduce will leave more offspring