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Can the classification system change? If so, provide an example of a way it has changed in the past.

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Yes, classification system can change with time due to the improved understanding of organisms around us and majorly due to evolution.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Carolus linnaeus devised various rules and factors to classify and name both plants and animals. This was the first system of classification.
  • But, with the huge discoveries of scientific knowledge about these beings this system of classical taxonomy has to be revised again and again to incorporate new found information.
  • One such example is the discovery of microscope which lead to the discovery of microscopic forms of life.And, this system of classification had to be changed.

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