2. • Bio – means life
• Ologos – to study / the study
• BIOLOGY – is the study of life / the
study of living things
• Biologist – the person who studies
Biology
3. • Aristotle – Greek
philosopher; first who
classified living things as
to air, land, or water
dwellers; Father of
Biology
4. • Galen – Greek physician;
first to dissect apes and
pigs; Father of Anatomy
5. • AndreasVesalius – made
the first dissection on
human anatomy;
discovered Comparative
Anatomy
6. William Harvey – showed
conclusively that the heart
pumps blood and the blood
circulates
7. • Marcello Malphigi –
Italian physician &
anatomist, founder of
microscopic anatomy
9. • Charles Darwin –
wrote the book On
the Origin of Species
By Means of Natural
Selection
10. 2 Major Divisions of
Biology
• Botany – the
study of PLANTS
• Zoology – the
study of
ANIMALS
11. Dendrology Study of trees and their
history
Mycology Study of fungi and some
association with plants
Paleonbotany Study of fossil plants
Phytopathology Study of diseases of
plants
Agriculture Study the principles of
botany in growing food
plants
Pomology Study of cultivating fruits
12. Arachnology Study of single class of
invertebrate (scorpions,
spiders, etc.)
Conchology Study of mollusks
Embryology Study of the development of
animal forms
Entomology Study of insects
Herpetology Study of reptiles
Mammalogy Study of mammals
Ornithology Study of birds
Ichthyology Study of fishes
13. • Anatomy – the
study of
structures of
entire
organisms and
their parts