HIST 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Georges Cuvier, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Pierre Belon
7 Dec 2013
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As europe brings in animals from all over the world it begins clear their needs to be a new system of classification. In the middle ages they used aristotle"s system but added more categories. They still used aristotle"s system of blooded and bloodless animals. As we entered the modern period some scientists are finding faults in aristotle"s system. Pierre belon (1555) noted humans and birds have similar bone structures. Creates the starting point for modern zoology. His job is to record and categorize all animals known to man. Talks about love and romance between plants. Linnaeus kept many of the same categories as aristotle but split the quadrupeds. Woman of the upper class would send their children to rural areas so peasants can breast feed their children. At one point, 90% of children were sent to countryside for breast feeding. Campaign starts in the 1800s to discourage woman from sending their children away to wet nurses.
