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11 Cards in this Set
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The "father" of taxonomy and the originator of binomial nomenclature
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Although Darwin is usually given credit, this person developed the theory of natural selection independently.
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Alfred Wallace
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Developed the theory of inheritance of acquired traits
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Jean Baptiste Lamarck
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Developed the science of paleontology, but adhered to catastrophism
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Georges Cuvier
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A botanist and one of the developers of the neo-Darwinian synthesis
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G. Ledyard Stebbins
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A geologist who eveloped the concept of uniformitarianism and greatly influenced Darwin through his book Principles of Geology
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Charles Lyell
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A geneticist, who studied fruit flies, and was one of the shapers of the neo-Darwinian synthesis
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Theodosius Dobzhansky
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A clergyman whose essay on population growth greatly influenced Darwin
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Thomas Malthus
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A geologist who developed the theory of gradualism
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James Hutton
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A taxonomist that contributed to the Neo-Darwinian synthesis
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Ernst Mayr
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A paleontologist that contributed to the Neo-Darwinin synthesis
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George Gaylord Simpson
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