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Lamarck's theories of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

measurability of,
(i)

modern application of theory of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

myths of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

natural selection in,
see
natural selection

origins of life in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

paleontology and,
(i)

phosphatization in,
(i)
,
(ii)

power of,
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,
(ii)

progressionism in,
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,
(ii)

prototypical theory of,
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public attitudes toward,
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of recorded meanings,
(i)

reductionism in,
(i)

sources of stasis in,
(i)

as striving for perfection,
(i)
,
(ii)

survival of the fittest,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

temporal succession in,
(i)

tree of life in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

two-factor theory of,
(i)
,
(ii)

use of term,
(i)

excellence,
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in baseball,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

discovery and,
(i)
,
(ii)

learning and,
(i)

in music,
(i)

exclusion, competitive,
(i)

experimental method,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

extinction

Buffon on,
(i)

in Cambrian period,
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,
(ii)

catastrophism and,
(i)

Cretaceous,
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hybridization and,
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eyebrow mites,
(i)

F

facies, use of term,
(i)

fakery, in paleontology,
(i)

fame,
(i)
,
(ii)

fashion, capriciousness of,
(i)

Feebly Inherited, The
(Davenport),
(i)

Fermat's Last Theorem,
(i)

Figuier, Louis,
(i)

Filiis, Anastasio de,
(i)

fin de siècle
,
(i)
,
(ii)

“Fire and Ice” (Frost),
(i)

firedamp (methane),
(i)

firstborns,
(i)

Fisher, R. A.,
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fossil record

earliest animals in,
(i)

origins of life in,
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rates for trends in,
(i)

role of,
(i)
,
(ii)

fossils

absence of,
(i)

of algae,
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Beringer and,
(i)
,
(ii)

of British reptiles,
(i)
,
(ii)

cash value of,
(i)

in chert beds,
(i)

debates on nature of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

of embryos,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

extraneous vs. intrinsic,
(i)

faked,
(i)

formation of,
(i)

Lügensteine
,
(i)

modern fabrication of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

of organic vs. inorganic matter,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

petrifaction of,
(i)
,
(ii)

phosphatized,
(i)
,
(ii)

Piltdown Man,
(i)
,
(ii)

Pliny on,
(i)
,
(ii)

SSF,
(i)

taxonomy and,
(i)
,
(ii)

uses of term,
(i)
,
(ii)

fossil wood,
(i)

Cesi and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

petrifaction and,
(i)

taxonomie classification of,
(i)
,
(ii)

four, division by,
(i)

Foxx, Jimmie,
(i)

fractals, concept of,
(i)
,
(ii)

France,
(i)

average heights of men in,
(i)

Buffon and,
(i)

Church in,
(i)

intellectual life of,
(i)

Lamarck and,
(i)

Lavoisier and,
(i)

l'esprit de système
in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

mineralogical maps of,
(i)

structuralists of,
(i)

Franklin, Benjamin,
(i)

fraud, in paleontology,
(i)

Frost, Robert,
(i)

future

effect of scale and,
(i)

European domination and,
(i)

forecasting,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

technology and,
(i)

unanticipated consequences in,
(i)
,
(ii)

G

Galápagos finches,
(i)
,
(ii)

Galen,
(i)
,
(ii)

Galento, “Two Ton Tony,”
(i)

Galileo Galilei,
(i)

and astronomy,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

and causality,
(i)

condemnation of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

and Della Porta,
(i)

Dialogo
by,
(i)
,
(ii)

and fossil wood,
(i)

and Lynxes,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)

and microscope,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Sidereus nuncius
by,
(i)
,
(ii)

on sunspots,
(i)
,
(ii)
n
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

and telescope,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

on validity of direct observation,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Galton, Francis,
(i)

Gardner, Howard,
(i)

genetic drift,
(i)

genetics,
(i)

biological determinism and,
(i)
,
(ii)

birth order and,
(i)
,
(ii)

cloning and,
(i)
,
(ii)

disease and,
(i)

eugenics movement and,
(i)

heredity vs. environment,
(i)
,
(ii)

identical twins and,
(i)
,
(ii)

immigration and,
(i)

intelligence and,
(i)

measurement and,
(i)

Mendel's laws and,
(i)

nomadism and,
(i)

population,
(i)

single genes in,
(i)

Social Darwinism and,
(i)

genetic variation,
(i)

Geneva Protocol (1925),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne,
(i)

geological mapping,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

geological time, immensity of,
(i)

geology

active subsidence in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

appropriate scale in,
(i)

birth of,
(i)
,
(ii)

catastrophism in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

directionalism in,
(i)

early problems in,
(i)
,
(ii)

gaps in record of,
(i)
,
(ii)

gradualism in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)

history and,
(i)
,
(ii)

and nature of fossils,
(i)

and nature of strata,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

steady-state earth and,
(i)
,
(ii)

uniformitarianism in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Gesner, Conrad,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Gillespie, C. C,
(i)

g
intelligence scores,
(i)

golden rule,
(i)

Goldsmith, Oliver,
(i)

Golgotha,
(i)

Goodfriend, Glenn A.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Gould, John,
(i)

gradualism,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

Grant, Madison,
(i)

Grant, Peter and Rosemary,
(i)

Grant, Robert E.,
(i)
,
(ii)

great asymmetry,
(i)

Greenberg, Hank,
(i)

greenhouse effect, Buffon on,
(i)

Guettard, Jean-Etienne,
(i)

and geological mapping,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

and Lavoisier,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Guilford, J. P.,
(i)

Guillorin, Joseph-Ignace,
(i)

guppies, evolution of,
(i)
,
(ii)

Gutenberg, Johannes,
(i)

H

Haeckel, Ernst,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Hahn, Nicklaus,
(i)

Haldane, J.B.S.,
(i)

Haldane, John Scott,
(i)

Hamilton, Sir William,
(i)
,
(ii)

Hammerstein, Oscar,
(i)

Handel, Georg Friedrich,
(i)

Harriman, Mrs. E. H.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Hawkins, Waterhouse,
(i)

Heeck, Johannes van,
(i)

heliocentrism,
(i)
,
(ii)

heredity vs. environment,
(i)
,
(ii)

Hermes Trismegistus,
(i)

Hippocratic oath,
(i)

Histoire naturelle
(Buffon),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

history

arrow of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

forecasting future from,
(i)

geology and,
(i)
,
(ii)

geometry of,
(i)

order of,
(i)

phenomena organized in,
(i)

science and,
(i)
,
(ii)

storytelling in,
(i)

three-dimensional reconstruction of,
(i)

as tragedy and farce,
(i)

uniformitarian view of,
(i)

Hitler, Adolf, 304 .

Hofstadter, Richard,
(i)

holocaust, meaning of term,
(i)

Hooker, Joseph D.,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

horticulture,
(i)

host specificity,
(i)

Howe, Julia Ward,
(i)

human nature, and idols of the tribe,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

humors

four,
(i)

medical theory of,
(i)

Hutton, James,
(i)

Huxley, T. H.,
(i)
,
(ii)

on fact vs. theory,
(i)
,
(ii)

influence of,
(i)

and Wilberforce,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Huygens, Christian,
(i)

hybridization,
(i)

Hylaeosaurus
,
(i)

hypotheses, testing of,
(i)
,
(ii)

hysteria, madness of,
(i)

hysteroliths,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

I

Ibn al-'Arabi,
(i)

Ibn Battuta,
(i)

ichthyosaurs,
(i)

idols

of the cave,
(i)

defined by Bacon,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

interpreted by Gesner,
(i)

of the marketplace,
(i)
,
(ii)

of the theater,
(i)
,
(ii)

idols of the tribe,
(i)
,
(ii)

bias of,
(i)

and human nature,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Iguanodon
,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

immigration,
(i)

incunabulae
,
(i)

instauracion, defined,
(i)

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