Mind, memory and history: How classifications are shaped by and through time, and some consequences

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-302

  Stevens, Peter F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0031430606     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00419.x     Document Type: Article

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