Chapter 22 Concept Map 2/4

Non-Evolutionary Thought

Plato & Aristotle

Creationism

Challenges to these theories

Hierarchy of life

Limited Information & Experiences

Humans are at top

"Most Perfect"

No recorded change/evolution in species

Travel was not common

Limited Scientific Knowledge

Creation story in bible

All life would have had to have been present/created at the same time

Paleontology & Geology

Colonialism

Discovery of new species

Earth's Age

Fossils

Theories explaining presence

Cuvier

(Paleontologist)

Hutton & Lyell

(Geologists)

Gradualism

Uniformitarianism

Slow processes can produce large changes eventually

observed processes are consistent across space and time

Idea that Earth is infinitely old