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14 Cards in this Set
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Ray
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classified animals based on their anatomy and physiology (functions); said that members of one species do not interbreed with members of another species.
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Linnaeus
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expanded and polished Ray’s work.
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Buffon
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living species do change through time; one species do NOT evolve into another species
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Lamarck
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species that adapt to new environments literally change over the course of many generations; organisms that evolve go from simple to more complex; environmental change causes a change in behavior, which modifies traits...traits are inherited by offspring
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Erasmus Darwin
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life on earth descended from common ancestor; offspring inherits features from parents
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Cuvier
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Earth is 6000 yr. old; catastrophic events changed earth's geological structure (catastrophism)
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Hutton and Lyell
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Earth is more than 6000 yrs old; recurring, gradual events changed the earth's geological structure (uniformatism)
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Malthus
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published “Essay on the Principle of population”; Human population grows exponentially, but resources grow linearly. Only some survive.
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When did Charles Darwin publish "Origin of Species"?
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1859
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When did Charles Dawin go on his voyage?
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1831-1836
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Darwin's "Descent With Modification"
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organisms that descend from an ancestor are related
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Darwin's "Natural Selection"
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a population can change over time if individuals that possess certain traits leave more offspring than others
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Darwin's "Variation"
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there are variations within a given species
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Darwin's "Evolutionary Adaption"
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characteristics of a population change to make its members better suited to their native environment
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