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A wax figure of Charles Darwin, whose theories about species have influenced science for centuries. Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

The long struggle to understand species: from pre‑Darwin to the present day

Tim Crowe, University of Cape Town; Muthama Muasya, University of Cape Town, and Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-Neudani, University of Limpopo

Humans have an innate interest and ability in naming biologically meaningful entities, or species. Taxonomy, then, vies for the title of world’s “oldest profession”.

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