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🧪Charles Henry Turner was an AMAZING scientist of animal behavior. When others assumed bugs were instinct-driven robots, Turner realized they were capable of much more. And his experimental design was SO GOOD!! We featured him in Crash Course Zoology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN5Bjh54uB8
A tweet by @BlackInNHMs (Black in Natural History Museums). It reads: "Dr. Charles Henry Turner was likely the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in zoology from the @UChicago. He made many notable contributions in entomology & published nearly 50 papers. Read more about Turner below. #BlackInNHMs #BlackInEnto" There is a photo of Turner, a black man with a handlebar moustache, along with text that reads: "Dr. Charles Henry Turner was possibly the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in zoology from the University of Chicago. Turner is probably best known for his studies of insect behavior. He was the first person to prove that insects can hear and distinguish pitch. He also demonstrated that cockroaches can learn through trial and error and that honeybees can see color and patterns. Notably, he published nearly 50 papers, and he was the first Black person to be published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Science." It continues but Im out of characters
June 20, 2023 at 3:45 AM
maxwaxworks.bsky.social
Three years ago, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social was part of a #BlackInEnto education and outreach blitz, which put out some of the best capsule content I have ever seen. Super happy to be following her here this month.
February 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM