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How evolutionary ideas developed and why living things carry traces of their history, even in the eye’s imperfect structure.
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Evolution: History of evolutionary thought · Pre-Darwinian Ideas
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From Evolution: History of evolutionary thought · Pre-Darwinian Ideas
Cuvier claimed he could reconstruct a whole animal from a single bone. On what principle?
- Bones grow in fixed mathematical ratios
- Body parts are functionally correlated
- Every species has one unique bone
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Answer: Body parts are functionally correlated
His 'correlation of parts' held that an animal's organs work together, so sharp carnivore teeth imply claws, a certain jaw and a certain gut, letting one part predict the rest.
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