Geological History
Era | Period | Epoch | Events |
Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene | Psychological Development of man |
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| Pleistocene | Dominance of man |
| Tertiary | Pliocene | Emergence of man |
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| Miocene | Anthropoids apes |
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| Oligocene | Monkeys and apes |
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| Eocene | Extinction of archaic mammals |
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| Paleocene | The dominance of archaic mammals |
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Mesozoic | Cretaceous | Dinosaur extinct and mammals appear | |
| Jurassic | 1st bird and mammal | |
| Triassic | Dinosaur emerged | |
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Paleozoic | Permian | Expansion of reptiles | |
| Carboniferous | 1st reptile, age of amphibian | |
| Devonian | 1st amphibian, age of fish | |
| Silurian | Origin of lungfish | |
| Ordovician | 1st vertebrate | |
| Cambrian | Trilobites dominant | |
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Proterozoic |
| Soft marine animals | |
Archeozoic |
| Age of unicellular animals | |
Azoic |
| No life | |
Fathers of Various Branches of Biology
Name | Field |
Aristotle | Zoology, Biology |
Mendel | Genetics |
Hugo de Vries | Mutation |
Von Baer | Modern Embryology |
Carolus Linnaeus | Taxonomy |
K. Landsteiner | Blood Groups |
Vinci | Paleontology |
Harvey | Blood Circulation |
Hippocrates | Medicine |
Louis Pasteur | Microbiology |
Robert Koch | Bacteriology |
AV Leeuwenhoek | Microscopy |
Theophrastus | Botany |
Robert Hooke | Cytology |
Biology is derived from the greek word where bios mean life and logos means knowledge.
Zoology is the study of animal science, botany plant science, and microbiology is the study of microorganisms.
Aristotle is the father of Biology and Zoology.
Theophrastus is the father of botany.
Branches of Zoology
Name of branches | Study of |
Ichthyology | Fishes |
Herpetology | Amphibians and reptile |
Ornithology | Birds |
Exobiology | Life on other planets |
Anatomy | Internal Structure |
Histology | Tissue |
Cytology | Cells |
Morphology | Form and structure |
Paleobotany | Ancient plants |
Paleontology | Fossils |
Paleozoology | Identification of animal fossils |
Palynology | Plant pollen and spores |
Sociology | Human social relation |
Ethology | Animal Behavior |
Ecology | Interaction of organisms with their environment |
Parasitology | Parasites |
Apiculture | Honey bee |
Sericulture | Silkworm |
Pisciculture | Breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish through artificial means |
Phenology | The timing life cycles at the population level |
Pathology | Plant and animal disease |
Etiology | Causes of disease |
Phrenology | Skull |
Pterology | Rocks and their process of formation |
Cetology | Marine mammals |
Conchology | Molluscan Shell |
Cnidology | Coelenterates |
Malacology | Mollusca |
Protozoology | Protozoa |
Taxonomy | Identification, nomenclature of organisms |
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