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Biological classifications have two major objectives: to serve as a basis of biological generalizations in all sort of comparative studies and to ser… - Ernst Mayr
" "Biological classifications have two major objectives: to serve as a basis of biological generalizations in all sort of comparative studies and to serve as a key to an information storage system... Is the classification that is soundest as a basis of generalizations also most convenient for information retrieval? This, indeed, seems to have been true in most cases I have encountered.
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About Ernst Mayr
Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904 – February 3, 2005) was a German biologist, one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists, and renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, and historian of science.
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Having reached the rare age of 100 years, I find myself in a unique position: I'm the last survivor of the golden age of the Evolutionary Synthesis. That status encourages me to present a personal account of what I experienced in the years (1920s to the 1950s) that were so crucial in the history of evolutionary biology.
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