Yesterday was Willi Hennig's birthday. Hennig invented cladistics (though he called it "phylogenetic systematics"), which is the foundation for all modern taxonomy. Frölich Geburtstag, Willi!
Via Paleoblog.
Oops, my mistake. Philosophers are not always good at math.
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This is a repost of a piece I wrote for The Panda's Thumb in April 2004. I add it here to put it in the Basics series.
David Tyler wonders Would Linnaeus have waved the banner of phylogenomics? He writes:
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The linked blog says 1913. That would make yesterday his 94th birthday.