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| Carl von Linne (Carolus Linneaus) |
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| "Father of taxonomy," created binomial nomenclature |
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| Pioneered paleontology and comparative anatomy |
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| Geologist, Uniformitarianism |
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| Monk, provided mechanism for Darwin's theory of evolution |
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| Old earth, descent from common ancestor, Great Chain = continuum, species not neccisarly unchainging, forced to recant in 1751 by the church which laid out the arguements for species change. |
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| First explicit evolutionist, believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics |
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| "Father of Evolutionary Biology," proposed natural selection, did NOT invent evolution but just created a mechanism for how it could occur |
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