19世纪动物园里的科学。

Science in the 19th-century zoo.

作者信息

Hochadel Oliver

出版信息

Endeavour. 2005 Mar;29(1):38-42. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2004.11.002.

DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2004.11.002

Abstract

The 19th century saw the advent of the modern zoological garden. The newly founded zoos not only claimed to educate and entertain their audiences, but also to serve science by providing direct access to exotic animals. However, reality did not live up to the promise of such rhetoric. The vast majority of biologists preferred to use dead bodies as the material for their morphological research. Nevertheless, there was still a strong interaction between the zoo and science. In the debate on Darwinism, the apes in the cage played a vital role.

摘要

19世纪见证了现代动物园的出现。新建立的动物园不仅宣称要教育和娱乐观众，还声称要通过让人们直接接触外来动物来服务于科学。然而，现实并未兑现这种言辞上的承诺。绝大多数生物学家更喜欢使用动物尸体作为他们形态学研究的材料。尽管如此，动物园和科学之间仍然存在着强烈的互动。在关于达尔文主义的辩论中，笼子里的猿类起到了至关重要的作用。