Re: A few very short questions

[Mike Keesey <tmk@dinosaur.umbc.edu>]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Charles C. Fuller wrote:

> Raymond Ancog wrote:
> 
> [snip about cladistics]
> 
> > Has anyone ever wondered how paleontologists are going to explain
> > cladistics to a whole generation of schoolkids who were weaned on the
> > Linnean system? Or how do we explain it to first-time listeners who aren't
> > familiar with Linneaus in the first place.
> 
> From my son's lessons in school, and from the monthly visit
> of a wildlife biologist to Wisconsin Public Radio, I can
> assure everyone that Linneaus is alive and well. "Binary
> Nomenclature" was even a recent answer on Jeopardy.

Well, binomial nomenclature (Genus & Species) is still in use by everyone
-- it's the rest of Linnaeus' system (Family up through Kingdom) that's
in the process of being abandoned.

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