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Carolus Linnaeus (taxonomy)
Swedish physician and botanist: wanted to find the order of diversity of life. Speacialized in taxonomy, its the naming and classifying the diverse forms of life. -
James Hutton (gradualism)
(1726- 1797)
"Theory of the Earth'" in 1795
"that earth was shape in the past by the same forces such as erosion and sedimentation that were still at work"
"THE FATHER OF GEOLOGY" -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (evolution)
(1744- 1829)
French naturalist
theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics -
Georges Cuvier (paleontology)
(1769- 1832)
French zoologist
theory of catastrophism
used his great knowledge of anatomy to put together fossils of extinct animals. -
American Revolution
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French Revolution 1789-1799
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Hutton proposes his theory of gradualism
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Charles Lyell (uniformitarianism)
(1797-1875)
Devoloped the theory of uniformitarianism
uniformitarianism means that natural effects that changed the earth now have happened at the same gradual rate -
( evolution)
January 8, 1823- November 7, 1913 -
The Origin of Species 1859
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Sewall Wright
1889–1988
American biologist
Epistasis and the Shifting Balance Theory -
Theodosius Dobzhansky
professor and researcher
1937 Genetics and the Origin of Species
Mankind Evolving and The Biology of Ultimate Concern. -
G. Ledyard Stebbins
(1906-2000)
population genetics, between 1918 and 1932,
synthesis -
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
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Modern Synthesis Architects
Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900- 1975)
Sewall Wright ( 1889-1988)
George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984)
G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000) -
Charles Darwin (evolution, natural selection
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Thomas Malthus ( populations)
(February 14, 1766- December 23, 1834) -
George Gaylord Simpson
(1902-1984)
geologist
His books include Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944; 1984), The Meaning of Evolution (1949), The Major Features of Evolution (1953), and The Principles of Animal Taxonomy (1961). -
Gregor Mendel (inheritance)
(July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884)
Austrian monk
law of segregation, law of independent and law of dominance
law of unit character -
Leyell publishes Principles of Geology 1830
