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Developments in Contemporary Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Francois Gros
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The term “biology” was introduced in 1802 by a German, Treviranus, and by a Frenchman whose name would remain well known to posterity, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

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Diogenes , Volume 36 , Issue 142 , June 1988 , pp. 1 - 23
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Copyright © 1988 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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