challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church. At this time in the early 1900’s the Catholic Church was the most powerful institution in Europe‚ then scientists and psychologists came along and rejected many of the Church’s teachings. Charles Darwin denied creationism with his theory of natural selection‚ in which species evolve through a series of traits that make them better than the other species. In its rawest form: Survival of the Fittest.[2] The species that is better lives longer and
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Anthropology Science of human cultural and biological variation and evolution Study of human biological and cultural difference across space and time Anthropos: man (Greek) Logos: word (Greek) Naming: building a knowledge off “Study of Man” Human Diversity/Differences Rigorous explanation of being human appreciation of many things Overlap with other fields Economics: accumulate wealth v. giving away wealth Different perspectives Biological and Cultural Differences Important
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before Diluvian (Latin) = the deluge (Flood) Ecology n Evolution Page 1 Lecture # 2.2 Monday‚ January 27‚ 2014 9:57 AM So Christian Scientist believed that the animals were too big to fit into the arc and so they all drowned. Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
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next generation and it would continue to increase for several generations. The hypothesis of Darwin and Wallace offers the best explanation of the inheritance due to the environmental conditions than the Lamarck’s hypothesis. If Lamarck knows what we do currently‚ he would realize that the people do not develop. However‚ the population evolves‚ hence‚ there is rapid species generation. For example‚ and Darwin found out that the finch’s beak size was as a result of adaptation to the environment but not
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of species change -->Darwin/Wallace: evolution and natural selection. • What did Jean Baptiste Lamarck do? How did he contribute to the concept of evolution? What was he wrong about? -Lamarck hypothesized that organisms evolved through inheritance of acquired characteristics‚ where the body is modified due to use or disuse or parts & that all organisms have innate drive for perfection. He was incorrect in that acquired characteristics are not inherited as Mendel and genetics had not been
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Science Natural Selection/Evolution Study Guide Important People: - Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution by natural selection after collecting and studying many organisms on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. - Jean Baptiste Larmarck (1700s): he was a soldier and a biologist and an early proponent of the idea of evolution and natural laws. - George Cuvier (1800s): Was in instrumental in establishing the field of comparative anatomy through his work in comparing living
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1.) What is meant by presentist vs a historicist approach to history? And by an external vs an internal approach to history? A presentist is someone who interprets and assesses the past in terms of present understanding of modern values and concepts‚ while a historicists tries to understand a past event in terms of the knowledge and values that existed at the time of an event. They regard historical development as the most basic aspect of human existence. Other approaches to history include
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done. First is to require the annual publication of certain information by each government department or agency and the second is by the creation of an enforceable right of access to specific information held by government departments or agencies (Wallace & Pagone‚ 1990). This right‚ however‚ does not mean that everyday citizens can just go to public offices and demand right away what they want to know. As is in many other countries‚ the right to information is subject to such limitations as may be
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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was whose idea? a. Sir Charles Lyell b. Louis Agassiz c. Charles Darwin d. Robert T. Bakker 4. Darwin was a a. math professor b. famous cartoon character c. singer d. gradualist 1. Who is the author of a book that detailed the ideas of evolution and proposed a mechanism whereby evolution could take place? a) Gary Kinsland b) Charles Robert Darwin c) Alfred Russel Wallace d) Michael Jackson 2. Darwin and Wallace reading Malthus’s essay came to the same conclusion and both presenting
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