Chapter 1 lecture Notes
1. 1 Evolution prior to Darwin
pre scientific beliefs
-
-
midevil views -
mix of folk belief a Christian
theology .
0 include notion of
" "
species
-
-
-
species identity =
malleable a flexible
-
transmutation -
ideas that organisms can change their species ,
hybridize ,
9 appear from nowhere .
> transmutation organisms can radically change their appearance
-
.
to sea as
'
EX spontaneous production of life flies a mice appearing Basil leaves sprout Scorpions Geese start lives as seeds 990
:
.
-
. .
-
EX hybridization giraffe believed to come from gazelle a leopard
: -
barnacle before that become full grown geese .
.
•
EX : species change
-
bad weather =
crops change species ? wheat → radishes .
The Natural System
'
Scientific revolution experiments data collection , a hypothesis
=
.
.
=
Challenge of midevil beliefs .
>
Carl linnaeus -
species are fixed & are part of biology Swedish .
naturalist .
-
crop breeding experiments .
-
hybridization infertility =
Hank
-
transmutation ≠ possible Genus Corvus Cora✗ = raven animals Plants
,
,
or
Minerd"
-
catalogue of all known organisms .
2 Part naming system n Homo sapiens
,
order a men grouped into kingdoms .
Early Theories
-
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) → species are fixed a creates Natural system
.
Georges -
Louis Leclerc , Comte de buffon (1707-1788) appears spontaneously as the planet cooled groups of similar present
- life .
day species come from
" "
a single species Embryo guided by internal molds
.
.
EX lions cats tigers come from 1
.
, , cat species
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet , Chevalier de Lamarck 11744-1829) vital fluid appearance of simple organisms fluid stalls
"
in these
"
=
-
-
.
organisms a respond to their experience driving organisms to complex forms .
.
Ex : giraffe straining neck = vital
fluid collecting there , so neck
.
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) -
critic of evolutionary theories .
stretches .
Objections
-
came from religious figures ,
social conservatives a other scientists
,
.
-
weaken role of god a church
•
accepting evolution = social unrest Ex French revolution
.
.
.
Examples of the 2 Above Alexander Pope's 11734)
"
: An essay on Man
"
•
Georges Cuvier / biological evolution ∅ Possible no Mahal is Possible w/out the whole organism changing
1769-1832) -
. .
palle ontologist access to museum fossils in Paris
- -
catastrophism species suddenly appear a disappear in sync History of Earth -0 evolutionary Great catastrophes Epoches
-
.
.
=
like
Global floods .
1. 1 Evolution prior to Darwin
pre scientific beliefs
-
-
midevil views -
mix of folk belief a Christian
theology .
0 include notion of
" "
species
-
-
-
species identity =
malleable a flexible
-
transmutation -
ideas that organisms can change their species ,
hybridize ,
9 appear from nowhere .
> transmutation organisms can radically change their appearance
-
.
to sea as
'
EX spontaneous production of life flies a mice appearing Basil leaves sprout Scorpions Geese start lives as seeds 990
:
.
-
. .
-
EX hybridization giraffe believed to come from gazelle a leopard
: -
barnacle before that become full grown geese .
.
•
EX : species change
-
bad weather =
crops change species ? wheat → radishes .
The Natural System
'
Scientific revolution experiments data collection , a hypothesis
=
.
.
=
Challenge of midevil beliefs .
>
Carl linnaeus -
species are fixed & are part of biology Swedish .
naturalist .
-
crop breeding experiments .
-
hybridization infertility =
Hank
-
transmutation ≠ possible Genus Corvus Cora✗ = raven animals Plants
,
,
or
Minerd"
-
catalogue of all known organisms .
2 Part naming system n Homo sapiens
,
order a men grouped into kingdoms .
Early Theories
-
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) → species are fixed a creates Natural system
.
Georges -
Louis Leclerc , Comte de buffon (1707-1788) appears spontaneously as the planet cooled groups of similar present
- life .
day species come from
" "
a single species Embryo guided by internal molds
.
.
EX lions cats tigers come from 1
.
, , cat species
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet , Chevalier de Lamarck 11744-1829) vital fluid appearance of simple organisms fluid stalls
"
in these
"
=
-
-
.
organisms a respond to their experience driving organisms to complex forms .
.
Ex : giraffe straining neck = vital
fluid collecting there , so neck
.
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) -
critic of evolutionary theories .
stretches .
Objections
-
came from religious figures ,
social conservatives a other scientists
,
.
-
weaken role of god a church
•
accepting evolution = social unrest Ex French revolution
.
.
.
Examples of the 2 Above Alexander Pope's 11734)
"
: An essay on Man
"
•
Georges Cuvier / biological evolution ∅ Possible no Mahal is Possible w/out the whole organism changing
1769-1832) -
. .
palle ontologist access to museum fossils in Paris
- -
catastrophism species suddenly appear a disappear in sync History of Earth -0 evolutionary Great catastrophes Epoches
-
.
.
=
like
Global floods .
