Briefly discuss the evolutionary thinking of pre-Darwinian period.

Throughout the Middle Ages, there was one predominant component of the European world view: stasis.

• All aspects of nature were considered as fixed and change was unconceivable.
• No new species had appeared, and none had disappeared or become extinct.

The social and political context of the Middle Ages helps explain this world view:

• shaped by feudal society - hierarchical arrangement supporting a rigid class system that had changed little for centuries
• shaped by a powerful religious system - life on Earth had been created by God exactly as it existed in the _____ ____ _______ _______ _______ ________ _________ _______ ________.
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