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KING CHARLES'S head was a less recrudes-cent topic than the species problem, which was recently the theme of the presidential address to the Zoological Section of the British Association, and the text of a symposium occupying most of a morning session. The reason for the perennial airing of the problem is not far to seek; for it is fundamental to all biological science. Taxonomy, begun in the good old days when species were species, has to adapt itself to the sliding scale of evolution; and phylogeny and genetics have to attempt to account for the phenomena that once made the Linnean system appear reasonable. Zoology has been driven by the concept of evolution into its proper role of a science that transcends mere description; while palaeontology has developed beyond its erstwhile function as a handmaid of geology into an essential part of biological science.
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HAWKINS, H. The Species Problem. Nature 136, 574–575 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136574a0
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