Terms
The doctrine that the earth has been shaped by uniform forces–erosion, accumulation of sediment, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
What is Uniformitarianism?
An English naturalist and biologist, best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection, which explains how species change over time.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Tyson concluded that this specimen more closely resembled humans than it did apes or monkeys.
What is a chimpanzee/pygmie?
Inventor of the Printing Press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
The concept of traits that improve survival becoming more common in a population over time.
What is natural selection?
A man acquainted with Edward Tyson, who secured his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679 and helped Tyson with anatomy drawings.
Who is Robert Hooke?
The name of the hospital in which Tyson was remarkably successful in humanizing treatment of the mentally ill.
What is Bedlam Hospital?
Where did Charles Darwin famously travel to discover more about animals and creation?
Galapagos/South America
The psychological study of how different people gave wild and varied meanings to the same phenomenon.
What is cultural anthropology?
A Greek lyric poet, said to be the inventor of the mnemonic art.
Who is Simonides?
The fish-like mammal (closely resembling a dolphin) found in British waters, which was offered to Edward Tyson by a fishmonger.
What is a porpoise?
What was the name of the well known ship that Charles Darwin traveled on?
What is the Beagle?
A concept that suggests that all species share ancestors if traced back far enough in time.
He had excellent memory, and his biographers always boasted how he was able to memorize everything his teachers told him in school. He expounded Cicero's definition of memory as a part of Prudence, making it one of the four cardinal virtues.
Who is Saint Thomas Aquinas?
The Egyptian god who "invented" letters.
Who is Thoth?
Who, along with Darwin, discovered the Theory of Natural Selection?
Who is Alfred Wallace?
“The treasury and guardian of all things,” according to Cicero.
What is memory?
In 1798, he wrote Essay on the Principle of Population. This English thinker argued that populations grow faster than food supplies, creating competition for survival that later influenced Darwin’s theory.
Who is Thomas Robert Malthus?
The Greek Goddess of Memory, daughter of Uranus and Gaea, mother of the 9 Muses.
Who is Mnemosyne?
The founder of Uniformitarianism
Who is James Hutton?