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Fossils
Comparitive anatomy
Embryology
Artificial selection
Biochemical evidence
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A religious scholar
Wrote the essay "on the principle of population"
Suggested that much of humanity's suffering is inevitable because of overpopulation
Humans reproduce more quickly than their resources |
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| 4 Tenants of Natural Selection |
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1. OVERPRODUCTION: organisms are capable of producing large numbers if i offspring far more than the environment can support
2. HERITABLE VARIATION: offspring vary in appearance and at least some of that variation is heritable
3. COMPETITION for RESOURCES: environmental resources are limited therefore organisms must compete for goods
4. DIFFERENTIAL REPRODUCTION: survival and reproduction is not random. Aimals with better adaptations to get resources/ needs have a better survival rate therefore produce more offspring |
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Most influential evolutionary philosopher
Said certain characteristics of animals showed they had be designed for purpose. Rejected Empedocles ideals.
Wrote the scala Natalia which classified animals due to their complexities |
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An innate life force drives species to become more complex over time.
Inheritance of acquired characteristics (geraffe neck)
Life spontaneously arose
Species adapted to environment and they are inherited through offspring |
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| Mendilian inheritance + Darwin natural selection |
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