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Robert Darwin
(30 May 1766 - 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. Became rich from his medical degree and from his marriage with a wealthy wife TERM 2
Darwin Education
DEFINITION 2 enrolled in the University of Edinburg in scotland to study medicine, but he totally dislike it, and could Stand the sight of blood disliked Monroe his anatomy teacher an drop out f school Grant became his mentor. He too gave up medicine to study invertebrate zoology. he was sent at Cambridge to became a priest University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, to study medicine University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, to study medicine University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, to study medicine TERM 3
Grant
DEFINITION 3 Darwin mentor a physician who gave up medicine study invertebrate zoology. He was Inspired by Jean Baptiste Lamarck ideas TERM 4
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
DEFINITION 4 (1 August 1744 - 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck was a French naturalist. He was the first to propose the theory of evolutionHe was mocked because of his theory of evolution and died poor and blind. TERM 5
Lamarckian ideas
DEFINITION 5 organism environment will cause it to behave in a certain way.Or we can say that changes in the organism environment can cause change in organisms form changes that happen to an organism can be past along to future generation
Erasmus Darwin
(12 December 1731 - 18 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, a slave-trade abolitionist, and a poet. He is known as the grand father of the naturalist Darwin. He had similar ideas as Lamarck and believed that all form of life arises from a common ancestor. presented his idea of evolution as a poem TERM 7
Darwin college years
DEFINITION 7 At Cambridge is spent 3 years and He stated that it as a waste of time it allowed him to focus o his hobbies which are collection of beetles and hunting Took Henslow class and became his friend. He recommend him to Sedgwick who taught geology he graduated in 1831 TERM 8
John Stevens Henslow
DEFINITION 8 (6 February 1796 - 16 May 1861) was a British priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin.He recommended Darwin to Sedgwick to learn geology and to Robert FitzRoy t who was looking for some company in his chip The British Navy TERM 9
Adam sedgwick
DEFINITION 9 (22 March 1785 - 27 January 1873) was one of the founders of modern geology. He taught Darwin geologyin a 6 weeks Hiking TERM 10
Rev. William Paley
DEFINITION 10 wrote the Book Natural Theology. He stated In his book that God is the watch maker and nature is the watchDarwin"s favorite book
Catastrophism
is the theory that the Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events that wipe out most lives and completely reshape the planet.Lyell do not agree with this theory TERM 17
Voyage of the Beagle
DEFINITION 17 Published by Darwin as a journal of his voyage in South south America TERM 18
Darwin voyage
DEFINITION 18 Did ride the Gaucho Wandered in the Brazilian forest collect fossils such as the glyptodon an extinct species who are similar to the South America armadillos and the Mylodon whoa are similar to the tree sloths TERM 19
Adam smith
DEFINITION 19 16 June 1723 NS (5 June 1723 OS) - 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. who influenced Darwin's thinking. He argued that free and unregulated economic competition will maximize profit, boost quality and innovation he defined competition as an invisible hand that kept the economy stable and orderly TERM 20
Thomas Malthus
DEFINITION 20 (13 February 1766 - 29 December 1834) was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography. argued that food supply increase in linear fashion , and population increase exponentially there will always be social inequality and poverty meaning that sharing the wealth equals won't work
Fuegians
re one of the three tribes of indigenous inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. That FitzRoy captured in his voyage to South America. TERM 22
Natural selection theory I
DEFINITION 22 Darwin argued that individual vary in a population of species Variation is transmitted from one generation to the other TERM 23
Natural selection theory
II
DEFINITION 23 any species has the ability to increase its population exponentially. However this does not happen in real life conclusion: there is struggle for existence not all species produced offspring TERM 24
Natural selection III
DEFINITION 24 some individuals will vary in a way that increase they chances of survival and reproduction others vary in was that decrease their chances After time separate population may become son different that they may be consider separate species TERM 25
Comparative anatomy
DEFINITION 25 is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species.For example Bat, Seal, Human have similarities I their skeleton structures, but that have different functions
Asa Gray
(November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. he accepted the idea of natural selection , but he believed that God directed it TERM 32
Archaeopteryx
DEFINITION 32 found in German ("original bird" or "first bird"), show many reptilian skeletal traits, but also impression of feathers and wings is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
