Catastrophism

(1769-1832) documented the succession of fossil species, noting the progressiveness of the fossil record – however, he was opposed to evolution and argued that boundaries between organisms from different strata were cause by past catastrophic events (catastrophism). Uniformitarian, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) suggested that various geological formations on Earth resulted from the cumulative effects of slow but continuous processes over long expanses of time – confirming that slow gradual changes over expansive

Most of the scientists that influenced Darwin, especially during his studies at Cambridge University, shared a religious perspective of Liberal Anglicanism. This perspective also influenced their political, educational, and scientific beliefs, among them being Natural Theology. Natural Theology is attempting to use science and rational arguments to determine the underlying plan or ordered pattern’s existence in the natural world. Naturally, they thought if something was in order there would have

Anthropology and genetics are two fields that, when put together, discover some amazing things. Most of these amazing things are written in the book The Journey of Man, by Spencer Wells. In it, he explains where humans originated from, and how we came to populate the entire globe. It is both humbling and riveting, and a great start to understanding how much work truly goes in to studying our past. The Journey of Man was an interesting non-fictional anthropological literary piece where the author

Time and again, when referring to a historical background of a topic in science or math, we have been exposed to only a handful of key figures and even fewer notable events without any social or cultural context behind it. Such details are often overlooked and taught without the perspective of the era and why it occurred at the time. There maybe several reasons for such dismissal. Within the STEAM subjects, especially science and mathematics, the content strives to be empirical and concrete without

more evidence has been preserved than for the earlier extinctions. This extinction is the most commonly known, as it is the extinction of the dinosaurs, but the smallest scale mass extinction with only 76% of species dying out. Evidence for catastrophism at the KT boundary can be found in a layer of greenish

What is the theory of evolution? Many people who don’t understand science or Biology don’t know how to answer this question. “Evolution is the process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.” In our society today, there is many conflicts that exist between creationism which is the belief that a higher power created the Earth and made living things and the theory of evolution. Some people are debating whether to teach evolution in schools because the

In the book The Sixth Extinction written by Elizabeth Kolbert there are a lot of examples that are going on in the world today and also examples of things that started when the first human being was around. This book talks about how we are in the sixth mass extinction, and that is caused by humans. Overall the book goes chapter by chapter and talks about the different mass extinctions there have been, and how they were caused, but also the book talks about different species that have gone extinct

Evolution is defined as a genetic change in population or species over generations. Evolution by natural selection is a very important concept in biology since it lays the foundation of evolutionary thought of how organisms have developed gradually over a long period of time. The ideas of evolution were not accepted until Charles Darwin published his book “On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection” in 1859. Before the evolutionary thought, people believed that all organisms were created

were produced by forces like wind, water, and weather over a long period of time. His theory was only partly true. It explains the question how fossils form, but it really doesn't thoroughly explain evolution. Another theory of evolution is catastrophism. This theory, brought about by Cuvier, says that the earth went through a great series of catastrophes. In his theory, Cuvier suggested that there was one big super continent. He said that the continents slowly drifted apart from one large continent

incredibly quickly. 2. Explain the difference between a catastrophist and a uniformitarian.  How did Cuvier, Darwin and Lyell fit into these categories?  In what ways are both catastrophists and uniformitarians correct?
 The difference between catastrophism and a uniformitarianism is a belief in that the world's organism and land dies from quick catastrophes replaced by new forms of life.