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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand why you'd ever need to know this. What is a phylum anyway? Which animals share a phylum? Are bonobos and chimpanzees in a phylum, a family, a class? And what does that tell us about their relation that we couldn't already tell from their characteristics?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The new thing seems to be "clades". I'm not sure if it's a complete replacement of the traditional taxonomy, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It isn't, it's just a description of evolutionary descent. An additional classification instead of a replacement.