BIOL 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Insular Biogeography, Ice Age, Binomial Nomenclature
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Slack group for this course email invites out. Fill out survey found on lecture 1 slides send a direct message on slack or send an email. Important historical figures in biogeography --- a lot of early ideas that were brought up by people in the past are continually built on. We continue to build on ideas (not making up stuff from scratch) Important contributors to early development of the field. Humans have had interest in biogeography- where to find food, best places to go, timing of migration patterns. Aristotle put knowledge into writing in 355 bc. First contact of europeans with north americans. Get more land and obtain more resources. Most of the ships will have naturalist who collect different organisms, Over time, more collections of species, recognition of trends of. Naming of basic regions started back then: reconstruction the historical development of lineages and biotas, including origins, spread, and diversification.
