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ZOO 102 Practice Questions ZOO 102 4 Objective Question

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92. According to the slides, the earliest works in taxonomic classification were carried out on
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A Animals only
B Plants (by Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Plinius)
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C Fungi only
D Bacteria only
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Option B is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Early botanical classification texts by ancient scholars like Theophrastus ('Father of Botany') preceded modern zoological schemes.

Hint

Early historical works by Theophrastus focused on plants.

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