Taxonomy is an ever-changing, controversial and exCitmg field of
biology. It has not remained motionless since the days of its
founding fathers in the last century, but, just as with other
fields of endeavour, it continues to advance in leaps and bounds,
both in procedure and in philosophy. These changes are not only of
interest to other taxonomists, but have far reaching implications
for much of the rest of biology, and they have the potential to
reshape a great deal of current biological thought, because
taxonomy underpins much of biological methodology. It is not only
important that an ethologist. physiologist. biochemist or ecologist
can obtain information about the identities of the species which
they are investigating; biology is also uniquely dependent on the
comparative method and on the need to generalize. Both of these
necessitate knowledge of the evolutionary relationships between
organisms. and it is the science of taxonomy that can develop
testable phylogenetic hypotheses and ultimately provide the best
estimates of evolutionary history and relationships.
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