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viewed species as fixed; proposed that life forms could be arranged on a ladder of increasing complexity

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Aristotle

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tried to classify life’s diversity using a binomial naming system

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Linnaeus

3
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believed that mechanisms of change are constant over time (uniformitarianism)

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Lyell

4
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Had two incorrect ideas about evolution: (Use and disuse) believed body parts survive based on how often they are used; (inheritance of acquired characteristics) an organism can pass these modifications to its offspring

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LaMarck

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developed paleontology; used catastrophism principle to explain why some animals aren’t in every layer

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Cuvier

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hypothesized that the earth’s atmosphere was a reducing (electron adding) environment where organic compounds could have formed from simple molecules

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Oparin and Haldane

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created lab conditions thought to be comparable to those they thought existed on early Earth to test Oparin and Haldane’s hypothesis; made amino acids but different from those found in living organisms

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Miller and Urey

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block fertilization from occurring; isolation (habitat, temporal, behavior, mechanical, gametic)

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prezygotic barriers

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decreases chances of survival or passing of traits to offspring; reduces hybrid viability and fertility and increases hybrid breakdown (infertile offspring)

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postzygotic barriers

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4.6 billion years to 2.5 billion years ago

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Archaean

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2.5 billion yrs to .6 billion years ago

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Proterozoic

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.6 to .3 billion years ago

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Paleozoic

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.3 to .1 billion yrs ago

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Mesozoic

14
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said descent with modification explains life’s unity and diversity; believed natural selection brings about the match between organisms and the environment; wrote The Origin of Species

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Darwin