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Carolus Linnaeus
Propsed a new system of organization for plants, animals, and minerals, based upon their similarities (Systema Naturae) -
Georges Buffon
Discussed important ideas about relationships among organisms , sources of biological variation, and the possibility of evolution. (Histoire Naturelle) -
James Hutton
His reasearch led him to the 'Principle of Uniformitarianism. -
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Erasmus Darwin
Considered how organisms could evolve through mechanisms such as competition. (Zoonomia) -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Presented evolution as occuring due to environmental change over long periods of time. (Philosophie Zoologique)
