GROUP ENTRY: EVOLUTION BEFORE DARWIN

Before Charles Darwin, some people have thought of evolution as a driving force in life. Though they may seem to be unfamiliar, they play a huge role in presenting evolution as a process of nature. Here are some of them.


ANAXIMANDER


TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS


GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE BUFFON


PIERRE-LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS


ERASMUS DARWIN



To think that many people have contributed to evolution,yet they are all but unrecognized. We should give these scientists a special place in books, so that many people may know about their contributions in evolution.

If people can think of radical thoughts in a society with a fixed belief, we may be able to challenge old scientific beliefs in exchange for beliefs with more scientific proof than the older ones. I, as a future biochemist, can be an example for change in the scientific community. If many people find many new things, I hope they will not be afraid to challenge the old ones.

(Description: condensed description of people who proposed evolution before Darwin)
(Contributions to project: research, poster plan, poster finalization)

REFERENCES:
(2009)http://www.aboutdarwin.com/
(n.d.)http://www.humanistictexts.org/lucretius.htm
(n.d.)http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander
(n.d.)http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius
(n.d.)http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comte_de_Buffon
(n.d.)http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maupertuis
(n.d.)http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin