BIO153H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pterosaur, Carl Linnaeus
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We associate things unconsciously with names we give objects. The name we give objects have important with how we relate to them, and what we mean by them. Humans have a knack for naming and ordering things. Aristotle (384 322 bce: one of the first to try naming/classifying things on a systematic basis, used the structure of the organism to come up with names. Came up with a system that allowed people to name organisms with a certain systematic method. The modern system is base d on linn . Systema nature (cid:862)(cid:374)atural syste(cid:373)(cid:863: designed a system that he thought should be able to describe all of the biological diversity. It must be able to accommodate new species (dynamic system) Should be universally acceptable: must be in a language everyone uses or is widely available (used latin, which was equally foreign to everyone)
