Linnaeus and Cuvier
Carl Linnaeus was a scientific mastermind, still driven by his religious beliefs but intelligent enough not to let them stand in the way of what his findings were showing. Linnaeus was a botanist, a physician, and most importantly the founder of taxonomy. Throughout the course of his life he would change many aspects of the current classification system, and his dedicated work is still used today and considered the foundation of modern classification. Linnaeus realized that species of organisms were real entities, which could be grouped into higher categories of genera. He furthered this innovation by grouping genera into higher taxa that were also based on shared similarities. In his original system, Linnaeus grouped genera into orders, orders into classes, and classes into kingdoms, but later biologists added additional ranks to express additional levels of similarity. The need for a workable naming system at this time was made even greater by the huge number of plants and animals that were bein
org/contents/history/linnaeus_biography. "Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778): The Father of Modern Plant and Animal Classification. His impact will be felt forever within the biological sciences. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Graphic and Printing Ltd, 1999"Linnaeus, Carl. Against this opposition, Cuvier went on to publish detailed studies of elephant anatomy that showed not only that African and Indian elephants were distinct species, but also that the fossil mammoths of Europe and Siberia were different from either living elephant species. What has survived of his system is a method of hierarchical classification and binomial nomenclature. He stated that no part could be modified without impairing this functional integration. After this period all scientific thought regarding the existence of species was directly influenced by Cuvier's findings. He was a French scientist known for his pioneer work in comparative anatomy, he founded vertebrate palaeontology, created the comparative method of organismal biology, and most importantly firmly established the fact of the extinction of past life forms. "Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)" Centre for Biological Sciences (July 2000) Common topics in this essay:
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