How you think that history intersects with Biology. Reply with minimum of 50 words to 2 of your peers.
Post 1
For as long as humans have been alive, they have sought to gain more knowledge of themselves and the world they exist in. History and biology intersect at the point where biology, or rather all science, moves forward while looking to the past. All experimentation and discovery leads with focusing on past problems and what has not worked yet to solve those problems. Early medical doctors had to look back and realize that the practices of their ancestors were not sufficient, or incomplete, to tackle the current issue they faced in their present time. In modern times, looking back on the problems with infections led to the discovery of infection-causing bacteria and the development of sterilizing agents to keep operating rooms in hospitals clean.
Post 2
There are many ways to approach this prompt, which is quite frustrating but I think that history and biology are tightly intertwined subjects. We can study the history of biology through the study of evolution, the study of geology and radiometric dating, along with many other types of studies. Biology, or rather the study of biology has been noted throughout history, long before the idea of evolution was proposed. Despite the creationist mode of thought, people have noticed similarities between species and/or other interesting natural phenomenons. Within the study of geology, the formation of rocks/structures is highly impacted by biological factors, in which these studies can tell us lots about the biology the existed in the past (biological history).
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