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| proposed theory that species change over time |
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| theory that species change over time, humans came from seal plant creatures |
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| Geologist, believed Earth is alive, a superorganism |
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| Wrote "Principles of Geology", had uniformitarian view: earth is continually effected by natural processes |
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| The night before Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C. was, he believed, the night that God created the earth |
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- species on earth change too
- develop new organs to adapt to changin environment and pass on the changes
- acquired characteristics |
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| influenced by Malthus, he studied to be a minister but became a naturalist. |
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| breeding for genetic change |
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| tried to reconcile religion and science |
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| society was organic, government to insure freedom, not to save people, poor people were unsuccessful humans, private charity rather than state |
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| Social Darwinism applied to political states. War is the remedy for an ailing nation. Weak countries should be eliminated |
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