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The science of systematic classification
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systematics
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Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms , phylogenetic trees , phylogenies). ...
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n. 1 (rfdef: English) 2 (context plurale tantum English) The science of systematic classification, especially of organisms. Depending on context this may be the same as taxonomy or distinct. In the latter case systematics will be taken to mean the research ...
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n. the science of systematic classification
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His numerous articles, essays and reviews include research on the systematics, anatomy, and evolution of early mammals and other vertebrates, studies of the Cretaceous and Paleogene vertebrate faunas, and analyses of patterns of origination and extinction.
There were bizarre masks, flint spearpoints, a skull inlaid with turquoise, bejeweled knives, toads in jars, thousands of butterflies under glass: everything arranged with the utmost attention to systematics and classification.
These are the cladists, who follow the principles laid down in Willi Hennig's famous book Phylogenetic Systematics.