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Georges Cuvier
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developed paleontology. Recognized prevalence of extinction. Advocated catastrophism
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Aristotle
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scala natura- each life form has a niche (rung) on the ladder and all niches are taken; species are permanent and perfect and do not evolve.
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Carolus Linnaeus
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specialized in taxonomy, developing the binomial system and grouped similar species into increasingly general hierarchies. Implied no evolution but later Darwin would use his system as an argument for evolution.
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James Hutton
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Gradualism- fundamental change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes (he was talking about geology; his theory contradicted Cuvier's)
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Charles Lyell
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incorporated gradualism into uniformitarianism (geologic processes have not changed throughout earth's history; forces that build and erode mountains and rates at which this happens is the same today as in the past)
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jean Baptiste Lamarck
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-published his theory of evolution before darwin- comparing current species with fossils, deduced lines of descent
-Use and disuse -Inheritance of acquired characteristics (erroneous) -visionary in emphasising adaption to an environment. |
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Charles Darwin
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You know.
Main ideas: -unequal ability to survive and reproduce -Natural selection occus through interaction between the environment and variability among individuals in a population -the prodcut of natural selection is the adaption of populations to their environment |
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Thomas Malthus
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overreproduction casues strife; only a small fraction of young born complete development and leave offspring
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