17 Questions
Who popularized James Hutton's view of geological change in the nineteenth century?
Charles Lyell
What idea of Charles Lyell was influential on Darwin's thinking?
Notion of Earth's greater age
Inheritance of acquired characteristics, proposed by JeanBaptiste Lamarck, suggests that modifications in an individual are caused by what?
Environment or use/disuse of a structure during its lifetime
Who independently conceived and described the actual mechanism for evolution along with Charles Darwin in the mid-nineteenth century?
Alfred Russell Wallace
What did Darwin observe that helped shape his theory of evolution?
Similarities between species on different islands
What type of change did James Hutton propose occurred gradually over long periods of time?
Change by accumulation of small changes from processes operating over time
What did Darwin observe varies among finch species?
Beak shape
According to Darwin, what was an inevitable outcome of natural selection?
Gradual change in species characteristics
In 1860, Darwin speculated that the island species might be modified from what mainland species?
One original mainland species
What did Darwin propose as the three principles that operated in nature leading to natural selection?
Inherited characteristics, limited resources, variation among offspring
What did Darwin imagine about the species in the archipelago concerning their origin?
They were all modified from an original mainland species.
Darwin's idea of evolution by natural selection is based on what key concept regarding offspring?
Inheritance of characteristics from parents
What is the main focus of General Biology 2 Lesson 3?
The development of evolutionary thought
Who observed that various geographic regions have different plant and animal populations?
Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon
What did ancient views on species suggest?
Species were static and unchanging
Why is it important to understand evolution according to the text?
To look into our origins and how life has diversified
Which naturalist observed differences in populations despite similar environments?
Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon
Explore the geological perspectives of James Hutton and Charles Lyell, and their influence on Charles Darwin's ideas. Learn about the gradual geological changes proposed by Hutton and how Lyell's concepts shaped Darwin's thinking.
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