Bio1b Summer 2008 Eric Harris Evolution Lecture 1 Page 1 of 2 EVOLUTION LECTURE 1 INTRODUCTION PRE DARWINIAN THOUGHT Reading 7th ed 438 443 8th ed 452 457 A Preface B A Brief History leading up to Darwin Wallace Evolution i Ancient Greeks Natural theology Linnaeus 1707 1778 Essentialism The Great Chain of Being Scala Naturae ii Cuvier 1769 1832 and the search for Mastodon Catastrophism iii Hutton Lyell Gradualism and Uniformitarianism iv Travel and exploration during the colonial period v Age of the earth Ussher 1581 1656 and Kelvin 1824 1907 vi Lamarck 1744 1829 Use and disuse Inheritance of acquired characteristics vii Erasmus Darwin 1731 802 C Darwin s influences and observations i Influences Lyell s Principles of Geology Malthus Essays on the Principles of Populations Artificial selection Observations during voyage of Beagle ii Observations on the Beagle included Richness of tropical forests Fossils Oceanic islands Updated on 06 17 08 Bio1b Summer 2008 Eric Harris Evolution Lecture 1 Page 2 of 2 Geographic distributions Updated on 06 17 08
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