Carolus Linnaeus believed that species remained fixed in the form in which they had been created. Linnaeus would have been uncomfortable with ________.
A) a hierarchical classification scheme
B) taxonomy
C) phylogenies
D) nested, increasingly inclusive categories of organisms

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Linnaeus believed in the fixed nature of species and did not propose any evolutionary relationships among them. Phylogenies, on the other hand, depict the relationships and evolutionary history of organisms, which would contradict Linnaeus' belief.

Carolus Linnaeus Believed That Species Remained Fixed in the Form