Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Thomas Malthies |
Famine war and disease wipe out population growth |
Essay of principle of evolution |
|
|
Charles Lyel |
Uniformitarianism |
Did not agree with catastrophism |
|
|
Jean Baptiste Lamark |
Believed living things evolved continually up to human perfection Organisms altered their behaviour in response to their environment |
Studied fossils |
|
|
George Louis leclerc |
Speculated a common ancestor (chimp and human) first challenged that life forms were unchanging |
Said the earth was older than 6,000 years |
|
|
Mary Anning |
Discovered the plesiosaur |
Not much information on this theorist |
|
|
George Cuvier |
Discovered the strata Species appeared and some disappeared over time |
Developed the study of palaeontology |
|
|
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE |
Species do not have a fixed existence but instead exhibit changes over time |
|
