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1
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(Professor and the Naturalist) How did Richard Owen get animals for his anatomical studies?

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From the London Zoological gardens. He got the dead zoo animals.

2
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(Professor and the Naturalist) In the early years of his career as an anatomist, what did Owen study?

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Vertebrates as well as invertebrates (notably the nautilus).

3
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(Professor and the Naturalist) What were Richard Owen’s early lectures about? How were they received?

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The history of natural science. They went over really well, students didn’t riot.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) What idea were contemporary anatomists “discovering” that had previously been understood by the Ancient Greeks?

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Homology, the idea that certain parts of the body of one animals are equivalent to parts of another.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) Which of Cuvier’s views did Richard Owen agree with?

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The idea that the succession of life in the fossil record was due to waves of creation and extinction.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) What was Richard Owen’s main focus at the Hunterian museum?

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Cataloging the 20,000 specimens.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) What was Darwin’s main issue regarding the samples he’d brought back from his trip?

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He couldn’t find enough specialists to study his collection. They were all busy doing other stuff.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) What was the purpose for Darwin’s professional visits to Richard Owen?

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He depended on Owen for fossil interpretation.

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(Professor and the Naturalist) Which of Darwin’s ideas could he not share with Richard Owen?

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Darwin was beginning to believe in species transmutation, which Owen was super against.