Evolutionary Theories and Thinkers

Flashcards about evolutionary theories and thinkers.

According to Creationism, .

Life was created by a divine being and does not change.

A key tenet of Creationism is that species are .

Species are fixed and based on religious belief.

Aristotle's Scala Naturae proposed that .

Life forms are arranged in a hierarchy from simple to complex.

Lamarckism states that .

Organisms change by using or not using traits, and these changes are inherited.

Catastrophism explains Earth's changes as a result of .

Earth's changes are due to sudden disasters.

Catastrophism .

Explains fossil layers and extinctions

Uniformitarianism suggests that .

Earth changes slowly and continuously.

Natural Theology posits that .

The complexity of life proves the existence of a designer.

Erasmus Darwin's concept of transmutation suggests that _

Species can gradually change over time; life shared common ancestry