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Points of Divergence : Biological Sciences
Points of divergence dealing with alternate developments of biology and various types of biological sciences. Entries in the following POD sections are sorted as chronologically as possible.
Botany
Earlier appreciation of Mendel's work
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Mycology
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Zoology
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Anthropology
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Theory of Evolution
WI: Earlier discovery of evolution
An Islamic "On the Origin of Species"
WI: Isaac Newton's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
WI Lamarckism instead of Darwinism
What if Charles Darwin had died young ?
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Paleontology
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WI: Theropod with feathers discovered in the 19th century
Challenge: Avert the "Dumb, Slow-Moving Dinosaur" perception
More accurate dinosaurs in Jurassic Park
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Genetics
Earlier appreciation of Mendel's work
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Biochemistry
The "Heroic Age of Chemistry" a generation earlier
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See Also
Points of Divergence: Alternate Biology - For ASB PODs concerning ATL changes to OTL groups and species of living organisms themselves.
Points of Divergence: Medical Science - Points of divergence more explicitly related to medical and pharmaceutical science.
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