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Ecology, Evolution and Diversity. Steven Mark Norris. Steven.norris@csuci.edu. http://faculty.csuci.edu/steven.norris/. Biology. bio + logia. =. “study of life”. Biology. “skin-in”. “skin-out”. Hierarchy of Life. Hierarchy of Life. Our Class. Some other Class. Hierarchy of Life.
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Steven Mark Norris Steven.norris@csuci.edu http://faculty.csuci.edu/steven.norris/
Biology bio + logia = “study of life”
Biology “skin-in” “skin-out”
Hierarchy of Life Our Class Some other Class
Hierarchy of Life Our Class
Biological Themes Evolution “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” Theodosius Dobzhansky
Biological Themes Ecology
Biological Themes Bio-diversity
Western Science Plato and Aristotle Raphael, ca. 1510 The Vatican
Middle Ages Knowledge comes from authority and revelation Mediaeval copy of Aristotle’s writings
Renaissance -Age of Enlightenment(starting1500’s) Knowledge comes from exploration, examination and experimentation An anatomy lesson Rembrandt (1632)
Natural Philosophy Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Natural Philosophy “Let it not suffice to be book-learned, to read what others have written and to take upon trust more falsehood than truth, but let us ourselves examine things as we have opportunity, and converse with Nature as well as with books.” John Ray -- 1691 (1627-1705)
When Science and politics collide… Trofim Lysenko (1898-1976)
Ichthyology National Museum of Natural History (Paris) Natural History Museum (London) Royal Museum of Central Africa (Belgium)