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European world view prior to scientific revolution
based on religious dogma of the time, mainly Catholicism as well as
the writings of the greeks
what is the age of discovery
Europe becomes aware of the rest of the world, earth is round,
there is description and cataloging of new found diversity
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Copernicus
heliocentric universe, stars are much further away than the sun and
the rotation of the earth explains their motion
Galileo
, built and refined telescopes, disproved geocentric theory by
studying Jupiter's satellites
Vesalius
wrote the first human anatomy text based on direct observation of
cadavers
Linnaeus
binomial nomenclature for organisms (ex. homo sapiens, gorilla
gorilla), his system of classification became the basis of our present
day taxonomy
Buffon
organic change is possible, animals move to new environments and
are changed/influenced by climate
Cuvier
father of comparative anatomy, proponent for the fixity of species
and opponent of species change, catastrophism as the explanation
for all extinction
Smith
principle of faunal succession
Malthus
the lack of sufficient food and water will always be a constant
source of misery for humans if our numbers continue to increase
Lamarck
1st comprehensive theory of evolution, inheritance of acquired
characteristics *theory of use and disuse of parts:
animals/organisms will use certain characteristics/parts more than
other parts in order to survive, thus improved development would
be inherited by offspring
Lyell
founder of modern geology, stated that the geological processes we
see today also existed long long ago (uniformitarianism)
DARWIN YO
wrote the Origin of Species, thought of natural selection i think
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