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  • Title: (9-6-06) Evolutionary Theory
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  • School: San Diego State
  • Course: ANTH 101
  • Term: Fall

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Anthropology 101 Evolutionary Theory Anaximander 611-547 BC Humans arose from other life form aka Comte de Buffon 1707-1778 Keeper of the King's gardens Zoo Keeper Species are influenced by their environment Fixity of species Proposed uniformitarianism 40 years before Lyell 1731-1802 Weather monitoring machines Grandfather of charles darwin Wrote Zoonomia 1744-1829 Studied vertebras (worms) First to attempt to explain forces behind evolution Organism change when environmental forces change Inheritance of acquired characteristics 1769-1832 Introduced the concept of extinction through fossils Catastrophist o Earthquakes o Storms o Volcanic Eruptions 1766-1834 Wrote an essay on The Principles of Populations Human population can double every 25 years but the food supply can't 1797-1875 Uniformitarianism Mentor to charles darwin 1799-1847 1 of 2 surviving children (out of 10) Father taught her how to fossil hunt (he died when she was 10) First to discover Ichthyosaur 1809-1882 Botany, geology, and zoology HMS Beagle 1831-1836 Published essay in 1842 Co-published with Wallace in 1858 On the Origin of Species in 1859 George Louis Leclerc Erasmus Darwin Jean-Baptiste Lamarck George Cuvier Thomas Malthus - Charles Lyell Mary Anning charles darwin

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(9-11-06) Evolutionary Theory contd..
Path: San Diego State >> ANTH >> 101 Fall, 2006

Description: Evolutionary Theory Continued Darwin\'s Interests Comparative anatomy Embryology Vestigial organs (don\'t need i.e. appendix, wisdom teeth) Geological and Paleontological records Geographic distribution of life Domesticated plants and animals Alfred R...
(9-13-06) Theories of Inheritance
Path: San Diego State >> ANTH >> 101 Fall, 2006
Description: 9/13/06 Anthropology notes RNA (Ribonucleic acid) More primitive than DNA Found outside of the cell nucleus Single strand of chemical bases o Cytosine o Guanine o Adenine o Uracil (instead of Thymine) Mitosis Prophase 46 chromosomes duplicate Metap...
(9-18-06) Theories of Inheritance Contd..
Path: San Diego State >> ANTH >> 101 Fall, 2006
Description: Theories of Inheritance Continued Mendel\'s Selection of Plants selection of pea plants o constant differentiating characteristics o protect the plants from foreign pollen o arrange them in generations o statistical analysis on the outcomes Round Pea...
(9-20-06) Mutations
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Description: Mutations occur during chromosomes replication can be caused by exposure to radiation or chemicals during gamete production Mutations occur at one point on the chromosome Missense- codes for different amino acids Nonsense- code for a stop that can t...
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Description: (9-25-06) Hardy Weinberg Theory of Equilibrium Conditions in which no evolution takes place o Population must be large o Mating us random o No migration o No mutation o No natural selection The Total sum of the genetic code in a population of breedin...
(9-27-06) Genetic Markers
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Description: Genetic Markers Traits whose genetic causation are known and which can be used in the study of populations o Not always visible to the observer o Can be used to distinguish different population o Frequencies in genes vary from one population to anoth...
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Description: Cont\'d. Homologous Traits similar structure different function o whale flipper o human hand o bird wing Analogous Traits different structure similar function o bat wing o butterfly wing Convergence the evolution of similar traits in two distantly r...
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Description: 11-13-06 Australopithecus aethiopicus 2.5 mybp Omo, Ethiopia 410 cc discovered by Arambourg and Coppens, 1967 The Black Skull 2.5 mybp Bouri, Ethiopia in 1997 450cc discovered by Yohannes Haile-Selassie in 1997, named by Asfaw in 1999 found with butc...
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