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RE: Evidence supports taxonomic changes

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Posted by: CKing at Thu Dec 18 04:34:48 2003  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CKing ]  
   

I agree that names are unimportant. It is the evidence that counts. If there is little or no evidence for a proposed change or if the change does not do any good (e.g. to satisfy the ideological intolerance of parpahyletic taxa) then the proposal ought to be rejected.

   

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