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12000-8000 BC. Bubalus Period creation of rock art in the Central Sahara depicting a range of animals including elephants, antelopes, rhinoceros and catfish. 10000 BC. Humans (Homo sapiens) domesticated dogs, pigs, sheep, goats, fowl, and other animals in Europe, northern Africa and the Near East. [1]
Conrad Gessner (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ s n ər /; Latin: Conradus Gesnerus [a] 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist.Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine.
Journal of Experimental Zoology. Journal of Fish Biology. Journal of Herpetology. Journal of Mammalogy. Journal of Molluscan Studies. Journal of Morphology. Journal of Natural History. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Journal of Zoology.
Zoology (UK: / zuˈɒlədʒi / zoo-OL-ə-jee, US: / zoʊˈɒlədʒi / zoh-OL-ə-jee) [ 1 ] is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one of the primary branches of ...
The history of zoology before Charles Darwin 's 1859 theory of evolution traces the organized study of the animal kingdom from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of zoology as a single coherent field arose much later, systematic study of zoology is seen in the works of Aristotle and Galen in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [5] (/ ˈdɑːrwɪn / [6] DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, [7] widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and ...
This article considers the history of zoology since the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859. Charles Darwin gave new direction to morphology and physiology, by uniting them in a common biological theory: the theory of organic evolution. The result was a reconstruction of the classification of animals upon ...
For the Lieutenant-Colonel, see Thomas Huxley (British Army officer). Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS HonFRSE FLS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as " Darwin's Bulldog " for his advocacy of Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution.