Bio Hochman

• -Two Part Binomial System
• -Ex. Homo Sapien

- Place Species in Increasingly General Categories

-Viewed Species as Fixed

-Each Form of Life Perfect and Permanent

-Arranged on a ladder

-Key Role in Developing Paleontology

Proposed Earth's Geologic Features Can Be Explained by Gradual Mechanisms Still Operating

-Ex. Valleys Formed by Rivers

Used Hutton's Thinking to Create His Principle of Uniformitarianism

-Mechanisms of Change are Constant Over Time

• Use and Disuse- The Idea That Parts of the Body That Are Used Extensively Become Larger and Stronger While Those That Are Not Used Begin to Deteriorate.
• -Ex. Giraffe

• -Inheritance Of Acquired Characteristics
• ---Organisms Could Pass These Modifications to Offspring. WE NOW KNOW THIS IS FALSE

On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Layers of Sediment Cover Older Ones and Compress Them into Superimposed Layers of Rock

Characteristics of Organisms That Enhance Their Survival and Reproduction in Specific Environments

Descent with Modification

Similarity Resulting From Common Ancestry

Ex. Shoulder to Finger Tips of All Mammals

-Represent Variation on a Structural Theme That Was Present in Their Common Ancestor

Found No Where Else in The World!

Ex. Plants and Animals on Islands

Remnants of Features That Served Important Functions in The Organism's Ancestors

Geographic Distribution of Species