Herpetology deals with what are called the cold-blooded
tetrapods, that is, those land
vertebrates which are
ectothermic (deriving their body temperature from their
environment) rather than
endothermic (deriving their body heat from an independent, ...
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Herpetology), esp. sea turtles
Charles Darwin (formulated modern
theory of
evolution)
Richard Owen (proposed archetypes for major groups of
organisms)
Georges Cuvier (founder of comparative
morphology) ...
Full article >>>For example, it generally includes scientists who may have a specialist training in particular
organisms such as mammalogy, ornithology, or
herpetology but use those
organisms as systems to answer general questions in
evolution.
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