1801 ⟶ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Begins Study of Invertebrate Taxonomy
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck began the detailed study of invertebra...
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🌿 Linnaeus' Systema Naturae
Carl Linnaeus described a new system for classifying plants in Systema Naturae.⟶
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Sweden🐛 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Begins Study of Invertebrate Taxonomy
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck began the detailed study of invertebrate taxonomy.⟶
BiologyTaxonomyInvertebratesLamarckClassification19th CenturyZoology
France🌱 The Term 'Biology' is Independently Propounded by Treviranus and Lamarck
The term biology in its modern sense was propounded independently by Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Biologie oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur) and Lamarck (Hydrogéologie). The word was coined in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Burdach.⟶
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GermanyFrance🧬 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: Teleological Evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: teleological evolution.⟶
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France🥚 Karl von Baer Discovers Mammalian Eggs in Ovaries
Karl von Baer showed that the eggs of mammals are in the ovaries, ending a 200-year search for the mammalian egg.⟶
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