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Felix de Azara, critic of Buffon
In his "Remarks for the Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata" of 1802, Felix de Azara (1742-1821) not only revised the identification and descriptions of many South American species made by Buffon; but also developed ...
Gustavo Caponi
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La fonte della critica di Herder al modello della statua esposta nell’Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache [PDF]
Questo intervento ha lo scopo di riportare l’attenzione alla fonte utilizzata da Herder nella sua critica della proposta filosofica di Buffon, Condillac e Bonnet che si può leggere nell’Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache.
D'Alonzo, Jacopo
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De Brosses, Jakobson et l'ontogenèse phonologique [PDF]
International audienceRÉSUMÉ : L'idée d'un ordre fixe d'apparition des phonèmes dans le langage enfantin est très ancienne : on la trouve déjà chez Plutarque.
Nobile, Luca
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The Linnaean revolution – A history of the Natural System
Abstract A very brief history of the Natural System (NS) is presented, focusing on angiosperms. The account is divided into four parts. The first, “Setting the stage”, gives an outline of my understanding of evolutionary ontology and how this reflects on taxonomy.
Magnus Lidén
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For scientists, for students or for the public? : the shifting roles of natural history museums [PDF]
This article aims to discuss the main roles of natural history museums and to show how these purposes have evolved and adapted throughout the museums’ history, as a response to the development of natural sciences and societal change, from their creation ...
Delicado, Ana
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El diluvio Universal y la extinción de las especies biológicas
La convicción de que el Diluvio Universal bíblico fue un hecho histórico está fuertemente arraigada desde hace milenios. Incluso persiste en nuestros días.
Leandro Sequeiros San Román
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Thou shalt not say "at random" in vain: Bertrand's paradox exposed
We review the well known Bertrand paradoxes, and we first maintain that they do not point to any probabilistic inconsistency, but rather to the risks incurred with a careless use of the locution "at random".
Petroni, Nicola Cufaro
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The chromosomes of specimens of Oryctes nasicornis from three locations in France and two locations in Greece were studied. All karyotypes have an X-Y-autosome translocation: 18, neoXY.
B. Dutrillaux, A. M. Dutrillaux
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La cysticercose musculaire des ruminants sauvages d'Afrique centrale
Les auteurs signalent, en République Centrafricaine, la présence de deux espèces de cysticerques dans les muscles et les organes de divers ruminants sauvages. La première - la plus fréquente (9/10 des cas) - affecte le Buffle [Bubalus (Syncerus) caffer],
M. Graber +2 more
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Fire and Life: The Chemical Thought of Buffon
In this paper I try to show, in the first place, that Buffon’s chemical thinking was not anachronistic but in agreement with the chemistry predominant in France before the chemical revolution of Lavoisier took place.
Violeta Aréchiga
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