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Which philosopher anticipated a form of vaguely evolutionary thinking?

Explore the history of evolutionary thinking, from ancient philosophers like Democritus and Aristotle, to the impact of Christian theology and Mendelian genetics. Discover the contributions and controversies surrounding figures like Lamarck, Darwin, Wallace, and more.

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Which philosopher anticipated a form of vaguely evolutionary thinking?

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  1. Which philosopher anticipated a form of vaguely evolutionary thinking? • Democritus • Aristotle • Plato • Archimedes

  2. Which two medieval ideas discouraged evolutionary thinking? • Christian theology and spontaneous generation • Christian theology and astrology • Christian theology and the feudal system • Spontaneous generation and the feudal system

  3. The term "Lamarckism", derived from the theory of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, is now used to describe which idea? • The Ladder of Progress • Social Darwinism • The human species alone did not result from evolutionary processes • The inheritance of acquired characteristics

  4. Whose work inspired both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace to develop the idea of natural selection? • The British Royal Society • Carolus Linnaeus • Thomas Malthus • Immanuel Kant

  5. What did Mendelian genetics reveal? • Inheritance of acquired characteristics • Particulate inheritance • Linear inheritance • Blending inheritance

  6. Why is Wallace less frequently remembered than Charles Darwin in discussions of evolutionary theory? • Wallace published his book after the The Origin of Species • Darwin developed his ideas further, and Wallace retracted some of his ideas about the evolution of humans • Darwin really stole his idea from Wallace, but no one wants to reveal that fact • Wallace was a minority and social context of the time marginalized him

  7. Which two scientists co-authored the theory of punctuated equilibrium? • Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin • Niles Eldredge and Richard Lewontin • Niles Eldredge and John Maynard Smith • Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge

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