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What does the natural history class mean?

Natural history is also called natural history, natural history and natural history. It is one of the oldest disciplines to describe nature, that is, the species, distribution, nature and ecology of animals, plants and minerals. Naturalists refer to experts in natural sciences such as zoology, botany, mineralogy and physiology.

When the history of natural science is opened, the names of countless naturalists shine brightly: from Aristotle in ancient Greece, Leonardo da Vinci in the Renaissance, Pliny, the author of natural history, to Darwin and Wallace, the founders of evolution, from Fabres, the author of Insects, to Jane Goodall, a chimpanzee expert who has given lectures in China many times, Shakespeare Humboldt in the scientific community, Wilson, the greatest naturalist at present, and his ants.

China also has an excellent and developed tradition of natural history. Mozi in China during the Warring States Period, Li Daoyuan, the author of Water Mirror in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Shen Kuo in the Northern Song Dynasty, Xu Xiake, a geographer, explorer and writer in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Kezhen in modern times were all natural history masters.