The worn-out phrase, “Already the ancient Greeks...,” involves attitudes and views that make an Assyriologist stir uneasily. Its basic message is that Western culture was born in ancient Greece. The little word “already” betrays, on the one hand, admiration of the achievements of the Greeks, and on the other hand disparagement of previous cultures, as if nothing worth mentioning had been accomp...

Since ancient times the organism environment correlation has been one of the main issues for the existence of man and humanity. This study in the light of a contemporary approach considers the transformation of knowledge on the organismenvironment correlation in the history of biology. Changes have been noted in the study from “stagnated forms” of live organisms to forms capable of changing und...