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The category of human evolution theorists is for those individuals that have scientifically theorized about human evolution. Pages in category "Human evolution theorists" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
These theories often combined orthogenesis with other supposed mechanisms. For example, Eimer believed in Lamarckian evolution, but felt that internal laws of growth determined which characteristics would be acquired and would guide the long-term direction of evolution. [41] [42]
As an example, Loren Eiseley has found isolated passages written by Buffon suggesting he was almost ready to piece together a theory of natural selection, but states that such anticipations should not be taken out of the full context of the writings or of cultural values of the time which made Darwinian ideas of evolution unthinkable.
Human evolution theorists (71 P) P. Population geneticists (1 C, 64 P) Proto-evolutionary biologists (83 P) S. Symbiogenesis researchers (20 P)
Some examples of evolution in species over many generations are the peppered moth and flightless birds. In the 1930s, the discipline of evolutionary biology emerged through what Julian Huxley called the modern synthesis of understanding, from previously unrelated fields of biological research, such as genetics and ecology, systematics , and ...
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. [1] [2] It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations. [3]
Pages in category "Biology theories" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. ... Evolution; Evolution as fact and theory; Introduction to evolution;
David Penny (born 1939), New Zealand biologist known for theoretical biology, molecular evolution, human evolution, and the history of science; Henri Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), French botanist [285] who studied the plants of Madagascar. George Perry (born 1771), English naturalist, author of Conchology, or the natural history of shells