Charles Darwin: The Evolution Of Thought
Charles Darwin: The Evolution of Thought
By John Robert Henderson
University of Guelph
October 11, 2007
History 1250: Science and Society Since 1500
Professor Dave Smillie
In 1809 a naturalist by the name of Jean-Baptiste Lamark published the book called Philosophie Zoologique, which detailed some of the first concepts of evolution. Lamark was one of the first men of his time to construct a comprehensive theoretical framework for evolution and was regarded by many as the leading evolutionary theorists of his time. Lamark's arguments stressed two main themes in his biological work. The first argument was, simply put, that life is structured in an orderly manner and that many different parts of all bodies make it possible for the organic movements of animals. The second principle was of the notion that the environment gives rise to significant changes in animals. Lamark cited examples such as blindness in moles, the presence of teeth in mammals and the absence of teeth......
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