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In Our Time: Science

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What Is a Species?

Darwin's taxonomy had within it the idea of evolution. Darwin, we must remember himself, was a taxonomist and was an extraordinarily talented taxonomist. He didn't make the next obvious step, which is why are they related? We mean that they share ancestors, either recent ancestors or distant ancestors. And so that seems rather obvious thing to say, but it isn't necessarily obvious.

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