Linnaeus was right: To know me is to name me. (Yes, you ?ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny? fans, I?m at it again.) Because Western brains don?t know an object or phenomenon exists unless it has a name, Carolus Linnaeus developed our system of biological classification, as in kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. When I studied comparative anatomy, we students used ?King Phillip Came Over For Great Sex? as our mnemonic device. Not quite as good as Roy G Biv for the colors of t...
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