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Which method do biologists apply to identify and classify organisms based on their development and evolution over billions of years?
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∙ 12y ago
Scientists don't use evolution directly to classify species. The modern taxonomic system predates the theory of evolution by over a century (Linneus, one of the more influential people involved in its widespread acceptance wrote Systema Natureae in 1735 while Darwin didn't come along with The origin of Speciesuntil 1859).
They group species by sets of shared characteristics. However, organisms evolving from shared ancestors also share many of the characteristics from that common ancestor so it ends up correlating with evolutionary paths very closely.
It's probably more accurate to say that evolutionists use taxonomy than the other way around.
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evolution
What process is thought to have have changed the genetic code over billions of years?
evolution
What process is the thought to have changed the genetic code over billions of years?
evolution
What process what thought to have changed the genetic code over billions of years?
evolution
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evolution
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evolution
What process is thought to have change the genetic code over billions of years?
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