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Kingdoms, empires, and domains : the history of high-level biological classification /

"This work explores how living organisms have been classified at the highest level. The earliest ideas of nature emphasised transformation. Aristotle recognised that certain objects in the sea share properties of plants and animals; these became known as zoophytes. The narrative follows zoophyt...

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Main Author:	Ragan, Mark A. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Biology > Classification > History. Biology > Nomenclature > History. Classification of sciences > History. Biologie > Classification > Histoire. Biologie > Nomenclature > Histoire. Classification des sciences > Histoire. Biology. Life Sciences. SCIENCE. History. Molecular Biology. Zoology. Biology Biology > Classification Classification of sciences Biology, life sciences. Science. Electronic books. History Terminology
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