It used physical characteristics to divide animals into two groups, five genera per group, and species within each genus.
1st Classification System of Animals
Who proposed that animals be grouped into blooded and non-blooded?
Aristotle
Who is known as European early modern humans with etching and cave sketches of animals as documentation (e.g. deer, fish, reindeer)?
Cro-Magnons
It was an important period for the field of science with no zoological application that used mythology and folklore to describe natural history and emphasized the works of Sir Albert the Great.
Medieval Time
Who translated the version of "On Animals, a Medieval Summa Zoology", which is a continuation of Aristotle's observation in De Animalibus?
Albert Magnus
What is the medieval literature associated with specific animal and character traits?
Physiologus
Who combined fact and fantasy for his studies of Natural History?
PlinytheElder
It is the era where many notable scientists have contributed to the development of Zoology.
Early Modern Era
Who noted the anatomical similarities between the human skeleton and birds that also published La Nature and Diversite Les Poisons (1551)?
Pierre Belon
It contained illustrations of Pierre Belon's observations on fishes, marine mammals, and birds.
La NatureandDiversiteLesPoisons (1551)
Who is a famous natural historian?
Edward Topsell
It contained mythological and observational combinations of animals primarily to serve the religious context of the Bible.
Historie of Four-Footed Beastes (1607) andHistorieofSerpents (1608)
Who contributed to the 16th-century progression of Zoology?
Conrad Gesner
It is a 5-volume bibliography of Conrad Gesner's knowledge of plants and animals.
History Animalum
Who used the same method of classification as Aristotle by ordering data and observations on fish, insects, birds, etc.?
Conrad Gesner
Who improved the compound microscope?
Robert Hooke
Who observed the cork plant and saw tiny boxes which he called cells?
Robert Hooke
Who made the 1st simplest microscope with a single lens of 200x-300x?
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
What is the term that means tiny creatures?
Animalcules
Who is the Father of Microbiology, Bacteriology, and Protozoology?
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
Who is the Father of Modern Taxonomy?
Carl Linnaeus
It is the scientific names that contain the genus and species that Carl Linnaeus published in the Netherlands.
Binomial System of Nomenclature
Who is known as a controversial figure in the study of evolution and the predecessor of Schwann and Schleiden concerning the cell theory?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
It is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime.
Theory of Acquired Characters
It is an upside-down tree starting with worms, then insects, then animals, and then humans that is from the first branching tree of animals in Lamarck's 1809 book, Zoological Philosophy.
Tree of Life (Biology)
Who came up with his Theory of Natural Selection before Darwin?
Alfred Russel Wallace
It is a line that separates the Indonesian archipelago into areas containing species of Australian and Indian origin.
Wallace Line
Who is the Father of Biogeography due to his research on the basin of the Amazon River?
Alfred Russel Wallace
Who is the Father of Modern Biology?
Charles Darwin
It was published in the 19th century where it is indicated that all species have come from a common ancestor and have evolved through the process of natural selection.
On the Origin of Species: Natural Selection Theory