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Exactly. It was well understood that animals and plants evolved before Darwin. I have a popular science book from about 1890. It is called “Evolution for the no
by sjducb 3y ago
Exactly. It was well understood that animals and plants evolved before Darwin. I have a popular science book from about 1890. It is called “Evolution for the normally intelligent gentleman”. The first thing it does is say that the dispute between Darwin and Lemarc is beyond the scope of this book.
If you just look at plant morphology and animal anatomy then evolution is kind of obvious.
- evv555 3y ago>If you just look at plant morphology and animal anatomy then evolution is kind of obvious. Before evolution this was the "great chain of being" ontology which tried to explain the continuous gradation of structures in the world. Ideas like "missing link" appear within this worldview before Darwin's theory[1]. It's mostly accurate to say evolutionary theory is the great chain of being worldview with an added temporal dimension. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being#Scala_Naturae_in_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being#Scala_Nat...