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Lamarckism
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829). -
Catastrophism Theory
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), who proposed that species could become extinct due to catastrophic events but believed that these species were created and immutable. -
Fixism and Creationism
Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778)was a prominent supporter of this view, which posited that species were created by God and remained unchanged over time. -
Darwinism
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), who formulated the theory of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution, emphasizing genetic variation and survival of the fittest. -
Neodarwinism
A synthesis of ideas from various scientists including Fisher, Haldane, Wright, Dobzhansky, Mayr, and others; it integrates genetics with Darwinian evolution to explain how evolutionary processes occur at the population level.