Talk:Zoology
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I'm just about to start doing something with the zoology page. Just messing about. Please feel free to ignore what I'm doing. I can always revert the page back to its previous state if this doesn't lead anywhere. :) -- Oliver P. 07:51 May 9, 2003 (UTC)
The branches of zoology presented seem a little colloquial and old fashioned; are these branches really relevant terms? They may discourage people from navigating further into specialised areas. I would encourage you to start with broad current fields like physiology and ecology and branch from there. [J.O'Connor nov 6 2003]
- Agree totally. I've rewritten and updated the section. Moved the old fashioned branches from article, keep here, just in case we want a "history of zoological branches section" (although I don't recommend one). --Lexor 10:48, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
The following five branches of zoological study are recognized:It is unnecessary in this article to follow all these subjects, since they are for the most part treated under separate headings, and are too broad in themselves. Thus Bionomics is treated in such articles as evolution, heredity, variation, Mendelism, reproduction, sex, etc.; Zoo-dynamics under medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, embryology, and allied articles; Plasmology under cytology, protoplasm, etc.; and Philosophical Zoology under numerous headings, evolution, bioloigy, etc. It will be more appropriate here, without giving what would be a needless repetition of considerations, both historical and theoretical, which appear in other articles, to confine ourselves to two general questions, (1) the history of the various schemes of classification, or Morphography, and (2) the consideration of the main tendencies iu the study of zoology since Darwin.
- Morphography. The work of the collector and systematist: exemplified by Linnaeus and his predecessors, Cuvier, Agassiz, Haeckel.
- Bionomics. The lore of the farmer, gardener, sportsman, fancier and field-naturalist, including thremmatology, the science of breeding, and the allied teleology, or science of organic adaptations: exemplified by the patriarch Jacob, the poet Virgil, Sprengel, Kirby and Spence, Wallace and Darwin.
- Zoo-Dynamics, Zoo-Physics, Zoo-Chemistry. The pursuit of the learned physician, zootomy and physiology: exemplified by Harvey, Haller, Hunter, Johann Muller.
- Plasmology. The study of the ultimate corpuscles of living matter, their structure, development and properties, by the aid of the microscope; exemplified by Malpighi, Hooke, Schwann, Kowalewsky.
- Philosophical Zoology. General conceptions with regard to the relations of living things (especially animals) to the universe, to man, and to the Creator, their origin and significance: exemplified in the writings of the philosophers of classical antiquity, and of Linnaeus, Goethe, Lamarck, Cuvier, Lyell, Spencer and Darwin.
Human
Please come help out on Human. Were facing a number of questions regarding a past poll and its results, the positioning of the taxobox and an image, the definition of "Human", if Homo Sapiens should split off into its own article, and even if the "article in need of attention" header is appropriate. I'd like as much expert involvement as possible, if you please. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 11:41, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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User_talk:Decumanus#Hey. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 10:58, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)