What was Charles Lyell's Theory of evolution?

Dale-E

Lyell believed that every animal, including humankind, was adapted to the niche in which it was created. On the other hand, concerning the earth, he saw that the earth had a history billions of times larger than its residents. Darwin took Lyell's earth view and blended his thinking as a continuation in the process that has brought us to now. Logically thinking both are onto something yet, neither proposes their idea as an exclusive. Not even Einstein dared to enter into a religion of such dogma as is being foisted on the public today, nor did Darwin. The referenced PBS commentator is quick with examples that alter Lyell's simplistic explanation of earth's history. Yet the same commentator is powerless in handling Darwin's theory because of the conglomerate and syndicated religion that has shrouded and overtaken Darwin's thoughts.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell#Evolution

busterwasmycat

His ideas evolved through life, naturally (pun and/or irony intended). At one point, I believe he denied "evolution" as we now see it, and instead attributed the variation to species type assigned to specific niches. the environment imposed what lived there rather than adjusted to be there. Life went to where it belonged, in a way; it moved if it had to. Obviously, that view changed through his many communications with Darwin. He was openly against the idea of Lamarck, that much I do remember. If you apply uniformitarianism to life, and do not allow biological (organic) change, then it follows that life was made to fit specific roles and will go where those roles exist. He did not originally see that life could change to adapt. it could only move.

Jamie

Lyell was a geologist. He did not have a theory of evolution.

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Obviously nothing worth a damn, or I would have learned about it in high school and college.

Tide

He said different human races evolved from different ape species. Like Europeans evolved Fromm chimpanzees, Africans from gorillas and Asians Fromm bonobos.