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Classification of organisms
Aristotle 384-323BC
Pliny the Elder 29-79AD
He was a Roman historian and military commander. Inspired by Aristotle, he learned that the classification of organisms could also be based on their characteristics.
Andrea Cesalpino 1525-1603
Cesalpino, inspired by Aristotle, created his classification on seeds and fruits produced by plants, and plants structure.
Light Microscope 1550-1600
The invention of this microscope led to the classification of organisms with common cells.
John Ray 1627-1705
John Ray was an English Naturalist and philosopher who became the first person to divide flowering plants into monocots and dicots.
Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778
Linnaeus was a Swedish biologist who became famous because he invented the
Linnaean Classification System
that grouped species based on their genetic structures and reproduction process. He stated that plants and animals have two different kingdoms followed by five levels: Class, order, genus, species, and variety.
Haeckel 1834-1919
He was a German naturalist who created the 3 Kingdom Classification (Animalia, Plantae, and Protista)
Electron Microscope
1950-1967
Thanks to the Electron Microscope, scientists discovered prokaryotic cells in the ’50s. This discovery showed that not all organisms have the same cells. As a result of this, a new kingdom was developed, Monera.
Whittaker 1969
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Aristotle stated that the only way to understand was by observing, analyzing, and classifying. In his book,
De historia animalium
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