In this clip, learn about how Native peoples practiced science, some influential figures in the history of science and philosophy who believed that science is not a human invention, an example of the jumping spiders and 'trial and error' in nature, and how science should move away from dogma, towards creativity, which could perhaps be more aligned with the scientific method.

Today, many would argue that science in the modern form was a product of the Enlightenment. Yet, science as a naturalised activity existed in ancient human societies: it is found in traditional ecological knowledge, which is now increasingly recognised. In Week 3 of Biocivilisations, an online course with Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic, we explore the possibilities of science being a nature-wide phenomenon. How does nature 'practice' science?