Linnaeus was a "fixist" who believed that species remained fixed in the form in which they had been created.Linnaeus would have been uncomfortable with
A)classifying organisms using the morphospecies concept.
B)the scientific discipline known as taxonomy.
C)phylogenies.
D)nested,ever-more inclusive categories of organisms.

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Linnaeus believed that species remained fixed and did not evolve, therefore he would have been uncomfortable with phylogenies which represent the evolutionary history and relationships between species.

Linnaeus Was a "Fixist" Who Believed That Species Remained Fixed