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Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated that: --early animals rose from the ocean --humans came from the mouths of giant fish --and, complexity rose from simple life Aristotle (385-322 BC) - --advocated the importance of "observation" --wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying ani...

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Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated that:

--early animals rose from the ocean

--humans came from the mouths of giant fish

--and, complexity rose from simple life



Aristotle (385-322 BC) - --advocated the importance of "observation"

--wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying animals

--wrote "Scala Naturae" - organizing living things along scales of "perfection"



Biological Evolution - change in populations over time



Comte de Buffon - -In 1779, made a new estimate of earth age of 75,000 yrs old

-Wrote Histoire Naturelle



Cuvier (1769-1832) - first prominent Paleontologist, describing the concept of stratigraphy

--rocks develop in strata, and

--rock age is associated with depth



Darwin (1809-1882) - ..



Darwin's contributions while on the Beagle - 1. Found giant armadilla fossils

2. Found marine animal fossils in the Andes

3. Understood volcanic origins of the Galapagos

4. Found different species of giant tortoises on different islands

5. Found different species of mockingbirds and finches on each island, all resembling common mainland
species

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