why is Darwin linked with natural system of classification?
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when the natures of objects are defined by a common history then there is a "natural" way to classify them. For most objects, their natures are largely independent of their histories; but organisms are products of their genetic history.
Darwin referred to a classification based on evolutionary history as a natural system. In recognizing the parallel between phylogenetic closeness and species similarity, Darwin explained why the Linnaean system had been so successful for macroscopic plants and animals: they had been placed into the hierarchical groups of the Linnaean classification on the basis of similarities, and because these similarities reflected the evolutionary closeness of the respective species, the classification tended to reflect their historical relationships
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Darwin referred to a classification based on evolutionary history as a natural system. In recognizing the parallel between phylogenetic closeness and species similarity, Darwin explained why the Linnaean system had been so successful for macroscopic plants and animals: they had been placed into the hierarchical groups of the Linnaean classification on the basis of similarities, and because these similarities reflected the evolutionary closeness of the respective species, the classification tended to reflect their historical relationships
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