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WORK IN PROGRESS
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A903 Haeckel's Invertebrates
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was one of the most
outstanding biologists of all time. In 1864, he read
Darwin's On the Origin of Species. From it, he
concluded that all life evolved from a common source and
proposed a new classification system based on evolution. He
even drew the first evolution tree, which he published in
1866. However, there was so little known about prehistoric
life that the scientific community would not accept it. The
idea was resurrected in the 1950 and is now the basis for
all animal classification.
Haeckel was highly aware of the Linnaeus classification
system so the divided into the entire kingdom is smaller
groups, which he called phylum. He was one of the first
biologists to make extensive use of the microscope, He
discovered, described and named thousands of new species.
These he used to establish a new kingdom of the life, the
Protista.
That's a pretty full plate. But Haeckel was also an outstanding
illustrator. In 1862, he began creating plates that
contained illustrations of related animals. Only a few of
them were in color. The best of the best are shown on this
magnificent new poster.
We have long wanted to honor this great biologist and this poster
not only does that, but it lets us try something new. 12" x
18" art print generally sell for $10 to $20. This poster
contains 8 such prints. The poster can be displayed intact,
or the plates can be cut out and framed separately. Toward
testing this concept, we have created another such poster
showing Audubon's Birds.STATUS:
Complete. No publishing date established. |
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