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'''Taxonomy''' is a method of categorizing living organisms. The modern system of taxonomy was developed by Swedish Biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). | '''Taxonomy''' is a method of categorizing living organisms. The modern system of taxonomy was developed by Swedish Biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). In recent years, the system has been replaced by ''phylogeny''. | ||
Of note, Linnaeus was a Christian naturalist who was looking for the "created kinds" that [[creationism|creationists]] believe God made in Genesis. He expected to find a "grove" of trees, each with its own branches. What he found instead was that all of the branches of animals he knew could be traced back to a single trunk. He had no explanation for this finding; that would not come until [[Charles Darwin]] published ''On the Origin of Species'' in 1859. | |||
== Taxonomic Ranks == | == Taxonomic Ranks == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:44, 19 January 2022
Taxonomy is a method of categorizing living organisms. The modern system of taxonomy was developed by Swedish Biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). In recent years, the system has been replaced by phylogeny.
Of note, Linnaeus was a Christian naturalist who was looking for the "created kinds" that creationists believe God made in Genesis. He expected to find a "grove" of trees, each with its own branches. What he found instead was that all of the branches of animals he knew could be traced back to a single trunk. He had no explanation for this finding; that would not come until Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859.
Taxonomic Ranks
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Subphylum
- Class
- Cohort
- Order
- Suborder
- Infraorder
- Superfamily
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Subspecies