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Indeed. In Darwin's youth, he was obsessive about collecting and cataloging insects. I wouldn't exactly attribute his theory of evolution by natural selection
by araneae 16y ago
Indeed. In Darwin's youth, he was obsessive about collecting and cataloging insects. I wouldn't exactly attribute his theory of evolution by natural selection to naming things, but certainly he would never have arrived at it if he was only able to name one kind of beetle. He had to be able to differentiate between thousands of beetles before he could see how they were connected.