318 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/05/book-review-the-man-who-organized-nature-the-life-of-linnaeus/

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Carl Linnaeus’s Flower Clock

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2025/04/01/linnaeaus-horologium-florae-flower-clock/

Today it is 247 years ago the world lost #CarlLinnaeus. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of #taxonomy.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/05/book-review-the-man-who-organized-nature-the-life-of-linnaeus/

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#TodayILearned
#CarlLinnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy is the representative example of Homo sapiens:

Wikipedia – “Linnaeus's remains constitute the type specimen for the species Homo sapiens following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, since the sole specimen that he is known to have examined was himself.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

(In the style of Game of Thrones)

Pliny of the North!

Pliny of the North!

Pliny of the North!

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