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Scientific Name

The scientific name for a species is either in Latin or Greek, the language used by the first taxonomists. Over time, this has remained the case, and the universal way of describing organisms to avoid mis-understandings which can arise when using the common name of a species.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... other (but not always) each a subspecies that can be given a unique scientific name. Therefore we can say that all cows are the same species, and each unique breed is a subspecies. ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:51 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16271

Natural selection is proven wrong

... three more genes than domestic camels and so they have concluded that they are a completely different species. they are different species as their scientific names shows Dromedary (C. dromedarius) ยท Bactrian Camel (C. bactrianus) http://au.encarta.msn.com/media_1461504344/dromedary_and_bactrian_camel_distribution.html ...

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by gamila
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:26 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16271

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... cows would be considered a new subspecies so they can be given a unique scientific name. Therefore we can say that all cows are the same species and all camels are the same species, ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16271

Numbness

Just as a non-scientific FYI, I woke up several days in a row with complete numbness in one arm, and then I switched to a softer mattress, which allowed more blood flow...

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by Mikey
Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:51 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Numbness
Replies: 5
Views: 1170

Re: Zogby Poll on Darwinism

... it is the desire of many taxpaying Americans (at least the participants in the poll) to hear more than one side on this issue. Only teaching one scientific interpretation on origins without letting another scientific interpretation state it's case smack's of dogmatism. The problem is that there ...

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by robsabba
Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:09 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Zogby Poll on Darwinism
Replies: 7
Views: 181
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