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384 BCE
Aristotle
The first to conclude that the Earth was round, based on the observation of the stars, eclipses and tides -
27 BCE
Roman Empire
The Roman law recognized that: flora, fauna, sites, scenic resources and the environment itself -
1561
Francis Bacon
The first to base knowledge on sensorial experience -
Descartes
Proposed an approach to nature through mental reasoning -
Carolus Linnaeus
Did the first classification of species or taxonomy that is still in used p to today -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Author of Zoological Philosophy, explains the characteristics of organisms, the basics for populations studies. Moreover, it is in his research on living organisms where the term biology was first used -
Charles Darwin
Proposed the idea of biological evolution through natural selection, justifying it in his work The Origin of Species with numerous examples taken from the observation of nature -
Ernst Haeckel
The first to use the term "ecology" in order to define the relationships between living organisms and the habitat in which they move -
John Murray
Directed the final document of the Challenger, a ship that sailed all the known seas, collecting samples from all latitudes, to obtain valuable research material, which was worked by various sciences as Paleontology, Oceanography, Geology and others -
Henry Chandler Cowles
Introduced the concept of ecological community in time and space, so that the controversy about the features and components of a community started -
Arthur George Tansley
Introduced the concept of ecosystem -
Frederic E. Clements
Introduced the concept of community -
Rachel Carson
In her book Silent Spring seeks to raise awareness about the indiscriminate use of pesticides and their effects on water, soil and people -
Jacques Cousteau
Amazed us all with their incredible images on the fragility of marine ecosystems; his works were fundamental to publicize the importance, beauty and diversity of marine life around the world -
Eugene P. Odum
Considered the father of contemporary ecology, who discovered the homeostatic mechanisms of ecosystems; that is, the mechanisms that allow them to stay in balance and the impact that human activities have on them -
Julia Carabias
Has outstood in the field of environmental protection and the fight against poverty -
Jorge Soberon Mainero
Promotes international cooperation programs in the areas of climate change, ozone depletion, loss of biodiversity, and degradation of international waters