Evolution 2

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Evolution = descent with modidfication

pattern, process

Species

group of organisms that have potential to interbreed in nature but do not produce fertile offspring with other groups

Aristotle

scale of nature. Each form of life perfect and permanent.

Linnaeus

nested classification system; binomial naming

Cuvier

older layers of rock have fossils of extinct species; new layers lack fossils of species in older layers