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Carl Linnaeus made it his lifes work to develop and refine a way to classify and name all life on Earth.

More information @ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/august/250-years-of-naming-living-thi...

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  • Is he the primary creator of the "taxonomy" system?

  • @pudding0023 Hi, Linnaeus is responsible for the binomial nomenclature (i.e. 'Genus species' naming such as Homo sapien, Bos taurus, etc) that underpins modern taxonomy.

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  • lol i am doing coursework on him now LOL thanks for the help the biography's are no good at all LOL x

  • 3:32, what did he call me!?

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  • In a Currclick class... my teacher sent me here. =D

  • Carol Linnaeus was a creationist! :D

  • @mozz82273

    Carolus is the latin version of his Swedish name Carl.

  • We meet again 240p

  • I'm doing a project on this guy... what should I do for the citation?! xD

  • Im swedish and we learned that his name was Carl von Linné in school but Carolus are right aswell

  • Was his name Carolus, not Carl?

    Anyone know?

  • Um pretty sure its carollus not carl lol

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