单词 | neontology |
释义 | neontologyn. Biology. The branch of biology, esp. of zoology, concerned with extant or recently living organisms, as opposed to fossil or extinct forms. Often contrasted with palaeontology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > [noun] > specific aspects or disciplines tetrapodology1764 zoophysiology1803 animal science1819 zoochemistry1835 animal psychology1838 marine zoology1840 palaeozoology1843 zoogeography1851 cainozoology1861 zoography1869 ethology1874 zoophysics1887 neontology1889 zoopraxography1891 ethnozoology1899 behavioural scientist1940 zoosemiotics1963 1889 Nature 14 Feb. 364/1 The division of zoology into palæontology and neontology..is, no doubt, logically defensible. 1947 Evolution 1 163/1 Evolution as a modern philosophy requires the synthesis of paleontology, genetics, and neontology. 1956 P. C. Sylvester-Bradley Species Concept in Palaeontol. 3 In neontology the objectivity of a gamodeme can be demonstrated as such. 1993 Quaternary Internat. 19 5 Palaeontology must deal with the same units of evolution as neontology if there is to be any point of contact between the two fields of study. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889 |
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