Exam 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Aristotelian Evolution
A
divine creation
species are fixed
species on a ladder “scale of nature”
2
Q
Georges Cuvier
A
Father of paleontology
fossil record as time
catastrophism NOT evolution
3
Q
James Hutton
A
geologist
gradualism
4
Q
Lamarck
A
inheritance of acquired characteristic
5
Q
Charles Darwin
A
naturalist
descended from a common ancestor
“descent with modification”
6
Q
natural selection
A
based on individual fitness, affects the population (theory)
7
Q
biological fitness
A
produce surviving offspring
8
Q
adaptation
A
heritable trait that increases fitness (dependent on environment)
9
Q
evolution
A
changes in populations over time (observation)
10
Q
Alfred Russel Wallace
A
1858 manuscript on natural selection
11
Q
Four principles of natural selection
A
- Variation
- Heredity
- Competition
- Selection
