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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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Archie Carr, (June 16, 1909-May 21, 1987) (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) ...
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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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