Stanley A. Rice, Life of Earth: Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle-aged Stressed-out World (2011)
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Carl Linnaeus... was not at all troubled by the idea that there were half-human/half-ape creatures... (he called them Homo troglodytes). He was no evolutionist. He simply believed that God's work was not complete unless God filled in all the gaps.
— Stanley A. Rice
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About Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May, 1707– 10 January, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
About Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May, 1707– 10 January, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology.
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