Darwin
Came up with a process as to how evolution could occur
Who is Charles Darwin
Included the adaptive force and complexifying force
What are the two parts to Lamarck's theory of evolution?
Suggested that extinction was possible
Who was Cuvier/
One of the first evolutionary books, but don't get it confused with the one by Dr. Suess!
What is the book of animals?
We all know organic molecules are fun, but this was the guy to connect them to evolution.
Who is Comte de Buffon?
Process in which individuals with favorable inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce
What is natural selection?
This fossil guy was an anti-evolutionist
Who is Cuvier
This was one of the main points observed by al-Jahiz
What is the struggle for existence?
Aristotle credited this, with bacteria down at the bottom, and humans sitting atop everything else
What is scala naturae?
Individuals with inherited traits that give higher prob. of survival and reproduction lead to more offspring, and unequal ability to survive and reproduce leads to accumulation of favorable traits in a population
What are Darwin's two inferences?
Always drives organisms to become more complex
What is Lamarcks complexifying force?
Student of Cuvier who proved showed lack of differences of races by studying skulls and brains
Who is Frederick Tiedmann?
Although credited to Darwin, this key theory was noted by al-Jahiz way before him.
What is natural selection?
Luminous creatures, to mushrooms, to turnips, to rice. This story shows the relationship between humans, food, and adaptations.
What is the Buddhist creation story?
He contributed to Darwin's "On the origin of species" with a similar theory of natural selection
Who is Alfred Wallace?
Always drives organisms to adapt to a specific environment
What is Lamarcks adaptive force
This was the number of races Cuvier suggested
What is three?
He connected these animals to humans to look at race
What are apes?
We have learned about 3 kingdoms in almost every biology course. However muslim scholars had their specific 3 kingdom hierarchy consisting of these
What are minerals, plants, and animals
Members of a population tend to vary in their inherited traits and, species produce more offspring than the environment can support so many fail to survive and reproduce
What are Darwin's two observations?
Fish losing their eyes in a dark cave is an example of this
What is use-disuse?
By studying fossils to compare different life forms, George Cuvier was this
What is a comparative anatomist?
He looked at adaptive traits to a specific environment by observing this in different populations
What is skin color?
This was one of the oldest texts to note that life forms have an innate ability to transform and adapt to surroundings
What is Taoism? (or who is Zhang Zhou)