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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Mimicry by fly.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Animals]]: [[Hoverfly]] on a [[Compositae]] [[inflorescence]]]]<br />
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[[File:Halobacteria.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Archaea]]: [[Haloarchaea]]]]<br />
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'''Biology''' is the [[science]] that studies [[life]], and [[organism|living things]], and the [[evolution]] of life. Living things include [[animal]]s, [[plants]], [[fungi]] (such as [[mushroom]]s), and [[microorganisms]] such as [[bacteria]] and [[archaea]].<br />
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The term 'biology' is relatively modern. It was introduced in 1799 by a [[physician]], [[Thomas Beddoes]].<ref>"biology, n.". OED Online. 2019. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com.research.aadl.org/view/Entry/19228?redirectedFrom=biology (accessed March 23, 2019). Citation: Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. Introd. (1799) Chapter 4, "''Physiology therefore—or more strictly biology—by which I mean the doctrine of the living system in all its states, appears to be the foundation of ethics and pneumatology.''"</ref><br />
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People who study biology are called [[biologists]]. Biology looks at how animals and other [[Organism|living things]] (called organisms) behave and work, and what they are like. Biology also studies how [[organism]]s react with each other and the [[environment]]. It has existed as a [[science]] for about 200 years, and was preceded by [[natural history]]. Biology has many [[research]] fields and [[branch]]es. Like all sciences, biology uses the [[scientific method]]. This means that biologists must be able to show [[evidence]] for their ideas and that other biologists must be able to test the ideas for themselves.<br />
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Biology attempts to answer questions such as:<br />
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* "What are the characteristics of this living thing?" ([[comparative anatomy]])<br />
* "How do the parts work?" ([[physiology]])<br />
* "How should we group living things?" ([[Biological classification|classification]], [[taxonomy]])<br />
* "What does this living thing do?" ([[behaviour|behavior]], [[growth]])<br />
* "How does [[inheritance]] work?" ([[genetics]])<br />
* "What is the [[history]] of life?" ([[palaeontology|paleontology]])<br />
* "How do [[Organism|living things]] relate to their [[environment]]?" ([[ecology]])<br />
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Modern biology is influenced by [[evolution]], which answers the question: "How has the living world come to be as it is?"<br />
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==History==<br />
The word ''biology'' comes from the Greek word ''βίος'' (''bios''), "[[life]]", and the [[suffix]] ''-λογία'' (''logia''), "[[Research|study]] of."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://topics.info.com/Who-coined-the-term-biology_716|title=Who coined the term biology?|last=|first=|date=|website=Info.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/biology|title=biology {{!}} Origin and meaning of biology by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref><br />
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==Branches==<br />
* [[Anatomy]]<br />
* [[Botany]]<br />
* [[Biochemistry]]<br />
* Biogeography<br />
* [[Biophysics]]<br />
* [[Cell biology]]<br />
* [[Cytology]]<br />
* [[Developmental biology]]<br />
* [[Ecology]]<br />
* [[Entomology]]<br />
* [[Ethology]]<br />
* [[Evolution]] / [[Evolutionary biology]]<br />
* [[Embryology]]<br />
* [[Genetics]] / [[Genome|Genomics]]<br />
* [[Herpetology]]<br />
* [[Histology]]<br />
* [[Human biology]] / [[Anthropology]] / [[Primatology]]<br />
* [[Ichthyology]]<br />
* [[Limnology]]<br />
* [[Mammalogy]]<br />
* [[Marine biology]]<br />
* [[Microbiology]] / [[Bacteria|Bacteriology]]<br />
* [[Molecular biology]]<br />
* [[Fungi|Mycology]] / [[Lichen]]ology<br />
* [[Ornithology]]<br />
* [[Parasitism|Parasitology]]<br />
* [[Palaeontology]]<br />
* [[Phycology]]<br />
* [[Phylogenetics]]<br />
* [[Physiology]]<br />
* [[Taxonomy]]<br />
* [[Virology]]<br />
* [[Zoology]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Also see ==<br />
* [[Glossary of biology]]<br />
* [[Biology terminology]]<br />
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