Chapter 2
Which president wanted the bones?
Thomas Jefferson
Which 2 scientists are mainly discussed in this chapter?
Lyell & Darwin
What's your workshop leader's name?
India
What scientists' ideas are discussed the most in Chapter 2?
Cuvier
What ship did Darwin sail on?
The Beagle
What was the name of the first set of bones discovered in Europe called?
“Tooth of a giant”
What are one of Lyells central claims?
That some areas of the earth were gradually rising, just as others were gradually subsiding.
What's your WL's major?
Neuroscience
What did Cuvier establish?
He established extinction as a fact.
What was the name of the bird mentioned at the end of chapter 3?
The great auk
Who was the reconstructed beast referred to in chapter 2 ?
Mastodon
Mystery Question (flip for question)
Give the title of the book.
Is your WL good at remembering names?
Of course! :)
What was one notion that Cuvier found absurd?
The notion that animals could change their body types when convenient.
What are some examples of species affected by human-induced range shifts?
The American red fox, which has expanded its range across North America due to the change of human land use and the decline of its competitor the gray wolf.
What's the word for something dug up from the ground?
Fossil
What did Darwin explain as the "struggle for existence?"
The appearance of new forms and the disappearance of old forms.
Does your WL make intercative ways to discuss the book?
Yes! Give examples.
What new vocation became popular in the 19th century?
A "Fossilist"
The word “Catastrophist” was coined by who and when? Who was he acquainted with that fit another neologism?
William Whewell in 1832. He was acquainted with Charles Lyell and he was given the neologism “uniformitarian”.
Extinction emerged as a concept thanks to what animal?
American Mastodon or Mammut Americanum
What did Cuvier & Lyell have in common?
They both did not believe in the idea that animals could morph/evolve/change form.
Give 2 suggestions for future workshop games that we haven't done yet. *Other team can steal. *
-Varies-
Whats the difference between elephants teeth and mastodon teeth?
Elephants are flat on top, with thin ridges that go from side to side whereas mastodon are cusped.
Mystery Question: (flip for question)
What led to Darwin's first major breakthrough?