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Evolution of Evolution
Discovery of Fossils/Principle of Superposition
Nicholas Steno (1638-1686)
Steno is generally noted for two important concepts:
1. the recognition of fossil remains as evidence of previous life forms; and,
2. the law of superposition….
While examining the teeth of a shark, Steno was struck by their resemblance to certain stony objects, called glossopetrae or "tongue stones," that were found in certain rocks. Ancient authorities had suggested that these stones fell from the sky or from the moon. Others were of the opinion, also going back to ancient times, that fossils naturally grew in the rocks.
Steno, however, argued that glossopetrae looked like shark teeth because they were shark teeth, that had come from the mouths of once-living sharks, and come to be buried in mud or sand that was now dry land.
Evolution of Evolution
Doctrine of Catastrophism
Doctrine of Immutability of Species
Doctrine of Uniformity/Evolution
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Charles Darwin (1809 -1882)
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829)
Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Evolution of Evolution
Voyage of the Beagle (27th of December, 1831-2nd of October, 1836)
His Majesty's (William IV) ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R. N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831
Devonport to Buenos Aires
Strait of Magellan Galapagos Archipelago Australia
MauritiusSouth Africa to England
Evolution of Evolution
Doctrine of Catastrophism
Doctrine of Immutability of Species
Doctrine of Uniformity/Evolution
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Charles Darwin (1809 -1882)
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829)
Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Evolution of Evolution
Voyage of the Beagle (27th of December, 1831-2nd of October, 1836)
Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R. N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831
Devonport to Buenos Aires
Strait of Magellan Galapagos Archipelago Australia
MauritiusSouth Africa to England
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