Study Questions: History of Evolutionary Theory PDF
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These are study questions regarding the history of evolutionary theory, focusing on ideas, figures, and concepts. It explores influential thinkers and their contributions to the field. These questions require in-depth knowledge of the scientific method and the historical development of evolutionary thought.
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Study Questions for Lecture 1, History of Evolutionary Theory 1. What is idealism? Who advocated this idea? Was he an advocate of evolution? 2. What is the scala naturae? Who advocated this idea? 3. Who was the father of modern taxonomy? What is binomial nomenclature? What is natural theology? 4. Wh...
Study Questions for Lecture 1, History of Evolutionary Theory 1. What is idealism? Who advocated this idea? Was he an advocate of evolution? 2. What is the scala naturae? Who advocated this idea? 3. Who was the father of modern taxonomy? What is binomial nomenclature? What is natural theology? 4. Who was the father of modern paleontology? 5. Who first documented the fact that extinction takes place? What was the evidence? 6. What is the theory of gradualism and who formulated it? 7. Who was the first biologist to formulate a mechansim by which evolution might work? 8. What are Lamark's two principles? 9. What is uniformitarianism and who advocated it? Why was this idea important to Darwin? 10. What idea did Darwin owe to Thomas Malthus? 11. What two people conceived of the idea of evolution by natural selection? 12. What is a fact? What is a hypothesis? 13. What does the term "theory" mean to a scientist? 14. How is evolution both a fact and a theory? 15. What are the essential ingredients of scientific inquiry? 16. Who is Nicolaus Steno and why is he important? 17. Who is Richard Owen and why is he important? 18. How did medieval people view nature?
