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Does taxonomy imply evolution?

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Taxonomy does not imply evolution. However, the most commonly used taxonomic methods today are based on the concept of evolution. There's no intrinsic reason that taxonomy has to be based on common ancestry. read more

Taxonomy does not imply evolution. However, the most commonly used taxonomic methods today are based on the concept of evolution. There's no intrinsic reason that taxonomy has to be based on common ancestry. Linneaus certainly didn't have any belief in common ancestry (he died decades before Origin of Species was published). read more

The Linnaean Taxonomy is a rank-based classification system. When Linnaeus first proposed it in 1735, in his famous Systema Naturae, he created 5 ranks: Regnum, Classis, Ordo, Genus and Species (in Latin). read more

The naming system is pre-evolutionary, because it originates in Linnaeus, who did not believe in evolution. He did, however, realise that some kinds of character were somehow more satifactory than others to arrange animals and plants into natural groups. read more

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