BIO110: History
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- He classify biology based on three living things: Functional, Binary, and Empirical
- He classified 550 kind of animals
- He introduced biological progression (scala naturae)
- He classify the 'errors in nature'
- He is one of the fathers of Botany
- Known for his works : Enquiry into Plants and Causes of Plants
- Classification of Ivy based on form and color of leaves and fruits
- Divided plant into trees, shrubs, undershrubs, and herb that is recognized now as monocots, dicots, and also smaller groups
- He traveled widely in Southern Europe and Middle East which he based on in his published number of works
- Comparative anatomical representation of the skeletons of humans and birds
- Created a classification system that served as a foundation for Biological nomenclature and communication
- His influence is still evident in current codes of zoological, botanical, and other nomenclature
- Interested in both classification and identification of animal, plant, and mineral species
- His works are Species Plantarum and Systema Naturae
- He created a hierarchical system consisting of seven levels : Empire, Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus, Species, Variety
- He was known as a scandalous systematist in his time, for his sexual system of classification
- He was also known as Count de Buffon
- He is best known for his work Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere
- He is anti-Linnaean because his taxa are arbitrary, but the species were real
- He proposed that species could "improve" or "degenerate" into others such as humans into apes
- He coined the term biogeography
- He coined the term biologie
- He believed classifications were artificial but useful and was similar to modern keys
- His work Philosophie zoologique exemplifies, vert vs invert based on the presence of blood
- He is known for is theory of Transmutation
- Divided animal life into Scala Naturae of Aristotle but into 4 "embranchements" : Vertebrata, Articulata, Mollusca, Radiata
- His branches represented basic body plans or "archetypes" derived from functional requirements
- He is known for Theory of Catastrophism
- He made the process of extinction
- He is a comparative anatomist
- Noted for his evolutionary views: Ideal types in nature, Species could transform among these immutable forms, and environmental conditions drove change
- He advocated for Homologous Structure
- He disagreed with Cuvier's concept of four (4) archetypes
- He coined the term Morphology
- His concept of morphology is same with Hennig's concept of "Semaphoront"
- He believed archetypes contained the inherent nature of a taxon
- He was a leader in Naturphilosphie and ideal morphologist
- He created 5 groups : Dermatazoa (invertebrates), Glossozoa (fish with tongue), Rhinozoa (reptiles with nose opening), Otozoa (birds with external ear), Ophthalmozoa (mammals with nose, ears, and eyes).
- His main principle is that organism should be classified by their skull
- He was a vertebrate comparative anatomist, and played a significant role in founding the British Museum