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His birth place in Sweden – Råshult, Stenbrohult parish (now within Älmhult Municipality) is pictured. (1707-1778)
[' >For more click here](<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linneaus)In his lifetime, he was a famous botanist, physician, and zoologist. He contributed to evolution by categorizing humans as primates in a book he contributed to, "Systema Naturae". It includes a description of Homo troglodytes ("caveman") – but this is just natives. It had 4 races.
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He contributed to evolution with his concept of Lamarckism, which added the ideas of,
"Use and Disuse – Beings lose traits that are not being used and gain traits that are useful" and
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(1769 - 1832; at the age of 62 with the cause of death unspecified)
Cuvier contributed to evolution by making extinction an accepted concept. He also contributed to evolution by not accepting gradualistic theories. He believed in a total of three races – Adam and Eve were White, and all the original races were forced to retreat from each other during some kind of disaster. -
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<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck#Legacy' >This is one of three books and Lamarck includes his theories in this book. This is also the first of a series of three books published by Lamarck regarding his theories about evolution.
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This is a book written by Friedrich Nietzsche as an understanding for his books at the time. It is known for the quote, "Out of life's school of war: what does not destroy me, makes me stronger." It is also written as, "What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." The quote means that when you are still alive after making a mistake, you can improve and keep that mistake from happening again.
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The various "Peking Man" fossils are examples of Homo erectus.
Until Peking Man was discovered from 1923-1927 during excavations in China, many people believed that humans were originally descended "Out of Asia", yet with the discovery of these fossils the "Out of Asia" belief is now expired and in the past. The various fossils are accepted as Chinese ancestors, and partly Eurasian ancestors. -
Franz Weidenreich publishes a paper connecting the Peking Man fossils to the Multiregional origin of modern humans.
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