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History of Evolution
Plato (427 – 347 B.C.) – Two Worlds
Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C.) – Scale of Nature
Judeo-Christian – Old Testament
Natural Theology (1700’s) – Creator’s plan studying biology
Linnaeus (1707 – 1778) - Taxonomy
History of Evolution
Hutton (1726 – 1797)Gradualism
• Very small processes can make large changes over time
History of Evolution
Charles Lyell (1797 – 1875)
Uniformitarianism• Processes today occur
like they did in the past
Principles of Geology (1830-1833)
• Earth must be very old
Darwinian Revolution
HMS Beagle (1831 – 1836) – chart the coast of South America
Captain Robert FitzRoy – Companion
Darwinian Revolution
On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life (1858)