History of Biogeography
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When did the study of biogeography begin?
About 250 years ago in the mid 1700s
What did Carolus Linnaeus contribute to biogeography?
Developed binomial nomenclature
Saw species as immutable creations of God
Made the first attempt at explaining how different taxa occur in different areas
What problem did Linnaeus have with proposing species were immutable creations of god?
What was his explanation?
Explaining the adaptations of animals to different environments when they supposedly all came from Noah’s Ark.
Diversity survived on Mt. Ararat at different elevations. Animals then migrated after the flood.
What did Compte de Buffon contribute to biogeography?
Challenged Linnaeus’s idea of species being immutable
Accepted and proposed mutability of species and climates
Made the first principle of biogeography (Buffon’s Law)