the earliest ‘citizen science’ goes back more than 2,000 years
- Written by Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne
Octopus detail from a Roman mosaic in the 'House of the Dancing Faun', Pompeii (circa 1st century BC).WikimediaIf we want to research a subject, how do we do it? We could read about it in books or do experiments in a lab. Or another way is to find people who know something about it and ask them.
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