Mr. Darwin was quite the successful scientist... why does the term species still exist in our language if by his own theory it should be selected for deletion?
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technios
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Not sure I understand the question, tecnios, but the term is simply used in the scientific classification of organisms, plant and animal. It means variant or variety.
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Why would you delete it? It's the lowest rank of taxonomic rankings. Without it, it would be hard to specify a single animal. You'd either have to replace the word or use the Genus taxonomic rank to find a specific species......which would take forever.
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