Linnaeus wanted to classify all life, and Darwin wanted to explain the origin of its diversity. And yet they said little about the vast majority of living things.

Bookshelf ‘Every Living Thing’ Review: Before Darwin Came Linnaeus The Swedish botanist devised the system that we still use to categorize life on Earth. He had detractors.

Next in this selective review of evolution's changing narrative is the work of Charles Darwin, born 31 years after Linnaeus died. Darwin is well known as the founding father of evolutionary biology.

Unlike Darwin's "tree of life," Linnaeus's system does not imply that different species are related through evolution. Each species is a distinct "archetype" and a reflection of God's intent.

“Every Living Thing,” by Jason Roberts, explains and evaluates the work of the 18th-century biologists Carl Linnaeus and Comte de Buffon.

Kathryn Schulz reviews “The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus,” written by Gunnar Broberg and translated by Anna Paterson.

The field of biology has been profoundly shaped by the contributions of visionary scientists whose ground breaking discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of life. From Charles Darwin's ...

Since Darwin, biologists have caricatured Linnaeus as the arch-defender of the fixity of species. It is true that in his earlier works Linnaeus stated that God had created a fixed number of species; ...

Next in this selective review of evolution's changing narrative is the work of Charles Darwin, born 31 years after Linnaeus died. Darwin is well known as the founding father of evolutionary biology.