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Darwin
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born in 1809, died in 1882 (buried next to sir issac newton in westminster abby)
went to Cambridge & studied geology went on voyage with HMS Beagle w/ Owen in 1831 |
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James Hutton
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thought that geographic forces shaped the earth-such as mts, rivers, basins
said that the earth was much older than thousands of y ears |
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Rev. Thomas Malthus
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wrote the book "Principle of Population" in 1789= said human population would run out of food & space
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Jean-Baptiste Lamark
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theory of use & disuse (or "survival of the fittest")
first to develop scientific hypothesis of evoluiton and realized that organisms changed |
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Lyell
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"principles of geology"
"earth is really old"- Bible says 10,000 years, he says found things dating back 5 billion years |
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Alfred Wallace
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wrote paper about natural selection, influenced Darwin
thought to be the father of evolution rather than drawin |
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HIV virus
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constantly adapting and evolving so it is no longer acceptable to the drug
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Richard Owen
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palentologist- said monkey has less lobes in brain than humans which proves that humans are superior= FALSE
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William Huckley
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young biologist- follower of Darwin
"survival of the fittest" said little difference b/w humans and chimps, vouched for Darwin |
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Ken Miller
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from Brown U., clergy man, refuse the ideas of Darwin
said God created everything and humans are the superior species |
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R selected species
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high fecundity level (offspring)-short gestations-reach reproduction age quickly
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K selected species
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low fecundity level-long gestations-reach reproductive age slowly
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