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John Ray |
natural historian predecessor to Linnaeus genus and species organized based upon observed similarities and differences |
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Carolus Linnaeus |
father of taxonomy Classification of biological organisms according to their evolutionary relationships Systema Naturae (organized Ray's system, added order and class) similar organisms likely descended from a common ancestor |
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Comte de Buffon |
species can change, environment is the driving force (microevolution) species cannot give rise to new species (macroevolution) |
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Erasmus Darwin |
Zoonomia Ideas on evolution, including human evolution |
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Jean Baptiste Lamarck |
coined the term "biology" Mechanism of evolution theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics acquired characteristics Change within species results from need for change due to environmental change These changes are then passed on to offspring |
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Georges Cuvier |
vertebrate paleontologist extinction-species can disappear from the fossil record explanation- Catastrophism |
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Charles Lyell |
father of modern ecology Uniformitarianism- the same forces that acted in the past and shaped the fossil record are the same forces we see operating today |
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Thomas Malthus |
English clergyman and economist populations have the ability to increase exponentially, but don't because they are kept in check |
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Charles Darwin |
wealthy natural historian primary interest- how evolution occurs On the Origin of Species 1859 dispelled Lamarckian theory Galapagos finches (Darwin's finches) |
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Alfred Russell Wallace |
little education had similar ideas to Darwin influenced theory of natural selection 1855 paper- species are descended from other species, new species result from environmental influences q |
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Gregor Mendel |
father of genetics discovered the units of inheritance and selection (alleles) “modern synthesis” or Neodarwinian Theory: Darwinian evolutionary theory + modern genetics |
