Summary: The Beak Of The Finch

From the book, The Beak of The Finch in pages 21-43, I found many interesting facts, however, one thing that I found most interesting was about Linnaeus, his theories, and how he influenced Darwin. Carl Linnaeus, also known as ‘The Father of Taxonomy’ was a botanist, physician and zoologist born in the early 1700’s. Linnaeus was and is still one of the most influential taxonomist, not only to Darwin, but also to modern science as he contributed largely to the making of the system in which is used to name, rank and classify organisms, as well as the two-word naming system called the binomial nomenclature. According to the website Classification System, Linnaeus’s classification system was made into a hierarchy structure which is divided into

In the video, Darwin along with his crew explored the Galapagos islands and found fossils of different animals that strangely resemble the animals alive in the mainland. During Darwin’s time, he found fossils of the Glyptodon and figured that it had similar characteristics with a common animal that can be seen in the mainland, both in the past and now, the armadillo. Darwin also found fossils of a animal that resembles the present llama, however, the fossil that was found was larger in size, it was also known as the Macrauchenia. This shows how animals in the present resemble species in the past, leading us to the theory of evolution and why these species changed. According to Cline Austin, the fossil record shows present scientists and researchers the evolutionary change that has occurred for over more than 4 billion years, in which they show how much or even how little each species had adapted and changed over time. One of the most noticeable period for fossils was during the Cambrian Explosion that occurred around 540 million years ago. This marks an important history of fossils and species on earth as the Cambrian Explosion, also known as Cambrian period was when most major species started to appear on the fossil records in which it formed a diverse range of fossils. This however, challenged Darwin’s theory of evolution as it was when different kinds of animals and species appeared on Earth without further evidence of other ancestries species (Switek, Brian). Even so, most still believe that the Cambrian explosion was only an unusual occurrence, and fossil records are still consistent evidence for evolution. This then leads back to how different species now resembles species from the past, and by relating this to our unit focus, it might be because of natural selection. Darwin’s theory