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What do we call the science of classifying living things (Original Post) dipsydoodle Oct 2012 OP
Was Adam the first scientist?? Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #1
Actually it is called RobertEarl Oct 2012 #2
I prefer ... GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #3
That's just idiotic. Not clever, not meaningful in the least. scarletwoman Oct 2012 #4
"idioromneys" littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #5
Foraging Fumesucker Oct 2012 #6

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
4. That's just idiotic. Not clever, not meaningful in the least.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 08:49 PM
Oct 2012

The word is "taxonomy". Science does not recognize "races", that's strictly a social construct. Science classsifies human beings as "homo sapiens", period.

littlemissmartypants

(22,805 posts)
5. "idioromneys"
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 08:50 PM
Oct 2012

also makes a great descriptive term... it sounds very much like a genetically predisposed condition of known etiology, no known cure, degenerative neurological disorder... autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.

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