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Biologists classify organisms into various groups or categories. This enables scientists to organize the millions of kind so of living things based on shared characteristics and to help in the identification of newly discovered organisms. If an organism shares many traits in common with another, the two organisms will be classified or categorized as belonging to the same group. The more closely related two organisms seem to be, the more taxa they will have in common. In this way, scientists can begin to understand the evolutionary relationship of organisms. Classifying organisms also makes naming organisms simpler: due to language and cultural differences, it may be confusing for scientists from around the world who were studying organisms if each organism had a unique name in each country. Classifying organisms within an understood set of rules allows scientists to discuss specific organisms with less confusion.

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