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Anton van Leeuwenhoek made significant advancements in the field of biology by improving the microscope and discovering spermatozoa, bacteria, and microscopic life.
True
Robert Remak and Rudolf Virchow were able to reify the idea that all cells come from the division of other cells, consolidating into cell theory.
True
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, suggesting the possibility of common descent.
True
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck presented a coherent theory of evolution, originating serious evolutionary thinking.
True
Theophrastus began the scientific study of plants and made significant contributions to the development of biological knowledge.
True
Biologists study life at multiple levels of organization, from the molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, and evolution of populations.
True
All organisms are able to regulate their own internal environments.
True
Life on Earth emerged more than 2.7 billion years ago.
False
Prokaryotic organisms include archaea and bacteria.
True
Biologists do not use the scientific method in their research.
False
Explore the fundamental concepts of biology including the structure of cells, hereditary information, evolution, and energy processing. Dive into the unifying themes that tie together the diverse aspects of life science.
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