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-	'''Scientific classification''' or '''biological classification''' is a method by which [[biologist]]s group and categorize [[species]] of [[organism]]s. Scientific classification can also be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from [[folk taxonomy]], which lacks scientific basis. Modern classification has its root in the work of [[Carolus Linnaeus]], who grouped species according to shared physical characteristics. These groupings have since been revised to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[DNA sequences]] as data, has driven many recent revisions and is likely to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].	+
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