Carolus Linnaeus Believed That Species Remained Fixed in the Form

question 21

Multiple Choice

Carolus Linnaeus believed that species remained fixed in the form in which they had been created. Linnaeus would have been uncomfortable with ________.

• A) a hierarchical classification scheme
• B) taxonomy
• C) phylogenies
• D) nested, increasingly inclusive categories of organisms

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Definitions:

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