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How did geological gradualism and uniformitarianism influence Darwin?
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Darwin's mechanism for evolution was natural selection through gradual change in the genome in response to factors pressuring from the environment. Geological gradualism, the thought that large changes are an accumulation of smaller changes over time and uniformitarianism, the idea that geologic processes have remained constant over many many years, gave Darwin a geologic time frame in which his mechanism of natural selection could operate. The small genetic variations and mutations that accumulated in an organism to shape the drastic changes leading to the differentiation of new species needed constant environmental pressures over a long period of time. Gradualism and uniformitarianism allowed for both of these criteria and so influenced Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
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How did Darwin influence modern views of evolution?
how has Charles Darwin influenced people about modern views of evolution
What theory proposes that evolution occurs steadily in tiny changes over long periods of time?
Darwin's theory is correct but the smaller parts within that answer is called Gradualism which is more commonly used
What theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily?
Gradualism is the concept but I would not give it the ranking of scientific theory. It is more a subset of the theory of evolution by natural selection and was first formulated into that theory by Darwin.
Which location had the most influence on Darwin's theory of evolution?
The Galapagos Islands.
What words describe and influence the theory of evolution?
Darwin's theory of evolution was revolutionary.
What are gradualism and uniformitarianism's effects on Darwin?
Darwin's mechanism for evolution was natural selection through gradual change in the genome in response to factors pressuring from the environment. Geological gradualism, the thought that large changes are an accumulation of smaller changes over time and uniformitarianism, the idea that geologic processes have remained constant over many many years, gave Darwin a geologic time frame in which his mechanism of natural selection could operate. The small genetic variations and mutations that accumulated in an organism to shape the drastic changes leading to the differentiation of new species needed constant environmental pressures over a long period of time. Gradualism and uniformitarianism allowed for both of these criteria and so influenced Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Who was a confidant of Darwin who introduced the concept of evolution into geological theory?
I think you mean the concept of gradualism and the man is Charles Lyell, whose geological concept proceeded Darwin's biological concept and also gave Darwin his ideas on ages of the earth and gradual processes over time. I can think of not other geologist that was a confidant of Darwin, though Adam Sedgewick, a geologist, was am early teacher of Darwin. He was a catastrophist though.
Lyell's principles of geology stated that geological features could be changed over long period of times how did this statement influence Darwin's own concept of evolution?
organisms change over time
What type of evolution that is described by a slow ongoing process and also theorized by Darwin and the fossil record?
Gradualism
How did lyell contribute in Darwin's idea of evolution?
Charles Lyell incorporated the thinkings of James Hutton into a theory called uniformitarianism. He said that the geologic processes that are occurring in the world today were occurring in the past as well at the same rate. Darwin applied this principle of gradualism to biological evolution
What is one example of geologic evidence supporting uniformitarianism that Darwin observed in his travel?
Darwin found much evidence supporting the ideas of uniformitarianism. For example, he found fossil shells of marine organisms high up in the Andes mountains.
Why is darwin's theory of natural selection referred to as gradualism?
because the theory states that life gradually becomes more complex.
What two naturalists independently developed the theory of natural selection?
AnswerCharles Lyell, lawyer and geologist who developed the theory of uniformitarianism in geology is commonly recognised as the one person who had the most profound influence on Darwin. Captain Fitzroy with whom Darwin sailed on his famous voyage on the Beagle, gave Darwin a copy of Lyell's 'Principles of Geology'. It is difficult to say who had the second greatest influence, but certainly his grandfather Erasmus Darwin, who himself wrote on Evolution had a great influence.
What scientists DID NOT influence Darwin's theory of natural selection?
Darwin read the book Lamarck wrote and said that he did not get one idea from it as it was ludicrous in content. So, Lamarck would be the one scientist that did not influence Darwin according to Darwin.
What observation did Darwin make that suggested there had been geological changes in Earth's history?
Giant Tortoises
What influence did speciation have on Darwin's development of Natural Selection?
The influence of providing an explanatory mechanism for what was obvious to Darwin; species arose and species went extinct.
How did Hutton Lyell describe geological change?
Both James Hutton and Charles Lyell are considered the fathers of uniformitarianism geology. Uniformitarianism geology is all that has been taught since shortly after the word geology was coined in 1778. Although catastrophism geology is alive and well among many geologists, currently the word geology connotes uniformitarianism. It is not that Hutton and Lyell are competing for the title of father. James Hutton is credited with lying the foundation of uniformitarianism geology by questioning the then current belief that the sedimentary rock strata was laid down by Noah's worldwide flood. Hutton saw evidence of multiple deposition events and subsequent upheavals and igneous intrusions that revealed a long history of the earth. Although it would appear that much of that evidence would point to catastrophism, Hutton saw only uniformitarianism. Although 45 years went by before Hutton's ideas really had a significance influence, at that time, Charles Lyell added a chronology of the rock layers called the geologic column and added age dates and names to the layers. So Hutton laid the conceptual foundation for uniformitarianism geology and Lyell built the structure of geology upon that foundation. The uniformitarianism concept, along with its mandatory accompanying old earth philosophy, provided the primary influence for Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Together these ideas have caused a paradigm shift from a biblical creationist, young earth worldview to a humanistic, evolutionary old earth worldview
