BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Great Chain Of Being, Folk Taxonomy, Theophrastus
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Al-dinawari added to what theophrastus had about plants. Alhazen put together a methodology for explaining things through observation, beginnings of scientific method. Al-jahiz one of the first descriptions of evolution. Aristotle biological contribution is cataloging the living world. Created scala naturae, ladder of life, which went from superior to inferior. First intro to artificial taxonomy because it wasn"t biologically based. Artificial taxonomy written lists of what was contained in folk taxonomy. Avicenna islamic scholar who advanced natural sciences while europe was in chaos. Binomen two-name system used by linnaeus to classify organisms. Binomial nomenclature created by linnaeus, classifies organisms, two-name system with genus and species. Biogeography the study of the distribution of plants and animals. Control to minimize the effects of all variables other than the single independent variable. What you can compare things to in your experiment. Cuvier (georges) broke down classes in phylum, said species arise from periodic catastrophic floods.
