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evolution
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- common usage: change
- scientific definition: a change in the genetic composition of a population over generations |
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historia animalium
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Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
- species as types, behavior is instinctual = typological thinking |
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typological thinking
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pervaded Western biology for over 2000 years, hindered acceptance of evolutionary theories
- species are immutable and within species, variation is negligible - variation results from mistakes |
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Theory of Special Creation (16th-19th Century)
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The Great Chain of Being
1. Species were created independently of each other 2. Species do not change over time - no evolution, no extinction 3. Species were created recently |
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Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
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- founder of taxonomy, classifying into nested system: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
- anti-evolutionist |
