Edward Forbes
Professor Edward Forbes FRS, FGS (12 February 1815 – 18 November 1854) was a Manx naturalist. In 1846, he proposed that the distributions of montane plants and animals had been compressed downslope, and some oceanic islands connected to the mainland, during the recent ice age. This mechanism, which was the first natural explanation to explain the distributions of the same species on now-isolated islands and mountain tops, was discovered independently by Charles Darwin, who credited Forbes with the idea. He also incorrectly deduced, the so-called azoic hypothesis, that life under the sea would decline to the point that no life forms could exist below a certain depth.
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Edward Forbes
Professor Edward Forbes FRS, FGS (12 February 1815 – 18 November 1854) was a Manx naturalist. In 1846, he proposed that the distributions of montane plants and animals had been compressed downslope, and some oceanic islands connected to the mainland, during the recent ice age. This mechanism, which was the first natural explanation to explain the distributions of the same species on now-isolated islands and mountain tops, was discovered independently by Charles Darwin, who credited Forbes with the idea. He also incorrectly deduced, the so-called azoic hypothesis, that life under the sea would decline to the point that no life forms could exist below a certain depth.
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Edward Forbes ( 12 de febrero ...... nico inglés de la isla de Man.
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Edward Forbes (* 12. Februar 1 ...... egründer der Tiefseeforschung.
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Edward Forbes (Douglas, 12 feb ...... stato un naturalista mannese.
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Edward Forbes (ur. 12 lutego 1 ...... mi zachodzącymi w przeszłości.
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Edward Forbes FRS, FGS ( 1815 ...... nglès nascut a l'illa de Manx.
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Edward Forbes FRS, FGS (1815 – 1854) foi um naturalista inglês nascido na ilha de Man.
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Edward Forbes FRS, né le 12 fé ...... st un naturaliste britannique.
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Edward Forbes, född 12 februar ...... grundlägga en ny vetenskap, .
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Professor Edward Forbes FRS, F ...... d exist below a certain depth.
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Эдвард Форбс (12 февраля 1815, ...... ь, научный писатель, художник.
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Edward Forbes ( 12 de febrero ...... nico inglés de la isla de Man.
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Edward Forbes (* 12. Februar 1 ...... egründer der Tiefseeforschung.
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Edward Forbes FRS, FGS ( 1815 ...... nglès nascut a l'illa de Manx.
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