Key Figures in Evolutionary Theory: Darwin, Lyell, Lamarck, Cuvier, Quizzes of Biology

Download Key Figures in Evolutionary Theory: Darwin, Lyell, Lamarck, Cuvier and more Quizzes Biology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Charles Darwin DEFINITION 1 Given primary credit for theory of evolution, developed existing ideas about descent with modification whle providing a large body of evidence in support of them. And he was the first to perceive natural selection s the primary process that drives evolution. His insights were inspired by the research he carried out during a five- year voyage he took around the world on the ship HMS Beagle, beginning in 1831 TERM 2 Charles Lyell DEFINITION 2 noted the dynamic geological nature of earth. Author of Principles of Geology (published in 1830) TERM 3 Jean-Baptise de Lamarck DEFINITION 3 noted the possiblity of "descent with modification" Lamarck believed that organisms changed form over generations through what has been termed the inheritance of acquired characteristics. TERM 4 Georges Curvier DEFINITION 4 in examining the fossil-laden rockes of the Paris Basin early in the 19th century, provided conclusive evidence of the extinction of species on earth. TERM 5 Alfred Russel Wallace DEFINITION 5 independently proposed theory of natural selection, which prompted Darwin to publish his own theory.