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Baron Georges Cuvier
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-Investigated fossils, found that there were layers that contained different species- Species were unique to that layer. Shell found in one layer couldn’t be found in another. -Suggested that catastrophes (changes in earth), caused extinctions-Then another form migrated later on |
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Theory of Catastrophism
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: how species are extinct due to a catastrophe, then species from the surrounding environment will repopulate the area.
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James Hutton (1726 – 1797
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-Said that the earth is very old-Small changes here and there adds up to big changes (ie Mountains)
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Sir Charles Lyell (1797 – 1875)
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Supported Hutton’s theory with the Theory of uniformitarianism–said that the earth’s surface is always changing and continues to change.-supported with fossil samples
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George Buffon (1707 – 1788)
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Said species change over time into new species-Introduced idea about common ancestry and similarities between species
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Carolus Linnaeus (1707 – 1778)
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-Father of Taxonomy-Classified species based on their origin with names
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Alfred Russell Wallace (1823 – 1913
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-Proposed the idea of natural selection to Darwin-Influenced Darwin to publish his papers about the idea of Natural Selection
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 – 1829)
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Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Traits: said that a muscle man would give birth to a muscle baby; from which he was wrong
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Thomas Robert Malthus
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-Said that too many organisms born and survive-But with limited supply of resources, only the brighter and better will survive; supporting the idea of natural selection
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