History & Development of Zoology (Zoology Lecture)

Cards (32)

  • When did the Ancient Science take place?
    Hellenic Period
  • Who is the Father of Biology?
    Aristotle
  • 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?
    Pliny the Elder
  • 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 Nature and Diversite Les Poisons (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) and Historie of Serpents (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