LIFESCI 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lascaux, Cave Of Altamira, Scientific Method
9 Sep 2013
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As long as human history has been around, animals have an impact on how we function. The scientific method is a formal way of knowing about the natural world because of all the steps. Observation could be something you see in the field or read about in literature (so can be places outside the laboratory) Detailed enough to present different kinds of concepts. Extant: species is still around; opposite of extinct. People assume that paintings are symbolic and difficult to decipher. Lots of interactions/uses for animals in modern day as well. In all these cases, people are managing animal behaviour. Animals and thus their behaviour are an integral part of human society. The study of animal behaviour is much more than watching and interacting with them as pets or in a zoo: you have to go back to the scientific method. Behaviour is a term that includes multiple things. Lizards are ectotherms (outside: they have to make behavioural adjustments/changes.
