evolutionary taxonomy
biology
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place in philosophy of biology
- In philosophy of biology: Taxonomy
In the first, traditional evolutionary taxonomy, classification was intended to represent a maximum of evolutionary information. Generally this required that groupings be “monophyletic,” or based solely on shared evolutionary history, though exceptions could occur and were allowed. Crocodiles, for example, are evolutionarily closer to birds than to lizards,…
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