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Did Carolus Linnaeus (The Father Of Modern Taxonomy) Say That Human Beings Are Frugivores?

• by Ronnie Smith
• May 5, 2022

“To say that humans have the anatomical structure of an omnivore is an egregiously inaccurate statement. The great taxonomist Carolus Linnaeus, (1707-1778), a Swedish naturalist and botanist who established the modern scientific method of classifying plants and animals, classified humans not as carnivores, not as omnivores, nor even as herbivores, but as frugivores. Linnaeus writes: “Man’s…

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