In the 7th century B.C.E., before naturalists understood about migration, Jeremiah wrote, as recorded at Jeremiah 8: 7: “The stork in the sky knows the time to migrate, the dove and the swift and the wryneck know the season of return. ” ​ — NE.
पू. १६वीं सदी) ने रोगाणुओं के बारे में ज्ञान प्रतिबिम्बित किया ।