Who first attempted to classify living organisms?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2016

Two kingdom classification was first suggested by Aristotle, who distinguished animalia from plantae.

Explanation:

Aristotle is considered the father of animal classification. He described hundreds of animals. Though his concept of classification is now considered as 'artificial', his idea of 'scala naturae' was a path breaking concept in his time.

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