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    The document outlines the first lecture of a summer course on evolutionary biology. It introduces the lecturer and previews course topics, including early theological views of nature, the Scala Naturae hierarchy of life conceived by Linnaeus, and the dawn of science bringing concepts like uniformitarianism and the ideas of early evolutionary thinkers like Buffon, Lamarck, Paley, Chambers, Darwin, and Wallace. Key terms are also defined.

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    Use This Outline To Take Notes As You View Recorded Lectures

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    BIO 354 Summer 2011 Lecture outline Use this outline to take notes as you view recorded lectures

    s Lecture 1 History of evolutionary biology Introduction to lecturer, Professor Douglas Futuyma Preview of course topics Theological views of natural world Scala Naturae Ladder of life (slide 2) Linnaeus and the Systema Naturae (slide 3) Dawn of science the role of reason, change through time o Change in the physical world Hutton & uniformitarianism o Change in the living world Buffon (slide 4) Lamarck (slide 5)

    Note: refer to readings for content associated with remaining slides (slides 6-10) William Paley Chambers & Darwin Voyage of the HMS Beagle Alfred Russel Wallace

    Key terms & concepts: scala naturae systema naturae (Linnaean classification) Carolus Linnaeus James Hutton uniformitarianism Comte de Buffon Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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