George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984), an American paleontologist who moved often from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where he was curator, to lecture halls and also to visit far away fossil fields that weren't open to the public. His total understanding and grasp of the fossil record allowed for significant advances in theoretical evolution and taxonomy.
To further explain the previous paragraph the reader must understand a few terms. A curator is in charge of keeping up with museum records and, in George Simpson's case, the manager of collections related to fossil records. Fossil record can be described as the collection of the remains of past life. Furthermore, theoretical evolution is considered theoretical because the process of natural selection in times before the development of science can never be fully or concretely proven; only theorized. Taxonomy would be explained as the branch of science regarding the classification of organisms.
Paleontology is considered to be the greatest source of empirical knowledge in terms of understanding the history of life. Even though the previous statement is true, paleontology, …show more content…
Although George Gaylord Simpson missed most of school due to illness, he learned enough by himself and graduated in 1918. The following fall he enrolled in the University of Colorado, where he picked up a interest in historical geology. Arthur Jerrold Tieje encouraged this fascination. Arthur Tieje went away from the University of Colorado in 1922 and told Simpson to transfer to Yale. At the time Yale a great place to study and work in both the fields of geology and zoology. George Gaylord Simpson attended Yale for his senior year of college. George Simpson entered graduate school right away after graduating in 1923 and studied alongside Richard Swan Lull, who, at the time, was a leading American
To further explain the previous paragraph the reader must understand a few terms. A curator is in charge of keeping up with museum records and, in George Simpson's case, the manager of collections related to fossil records. Fossil record can be described as the collection of the remains of past life. Furthermore, theoretical evolution is considered theoretical because the process of natural selection in times before the development of science can never be fully or concretely proven; only theorized. Taxonomy would be explained as the branch of science regarding the classification of organisms.
Paleontology is considered to be the greatest source of empirical knowledge in terms of understanding the history of life. Even though the previous statement is true, paleontology, …show more content…
Although George Gaylord Simpson missed most of school due to illness, he learned enough by himself and graduated in 1918. The following fall he enrolled in the University of Colorado, where he picked up a interest in historical geology. Arthur Jerrold Tieje encouraged this fascination. Arthur Tieje went away from the University of Colorado in 1922 and told Simpson to transfer to Yale. At the time Yale a great place to study and work in both the fields of geology and zoology. George Gaylord Simpson attended Yale for his senior year of college. George Simpson entered graduate school right away after graduating in 1923 and studied alongside Richard Swan Lull, who, at the time, was a leading American