Q. The first attempt to classify organisms on scientific basis was done by

A) Copeland
B) Aristotle
C) Linnaeus
D) Whittaker
Explanation

Aristotle was the earliest to attempt a more scientific basis for classification. He used simple morphological characters to classify plants into trees, shrubs and herbs. He also divided animals into two groups, those which had red blood and those that did not

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