Transcription: The Swedish biologist, Karelas Linnaeus, born in 1708, followed on from the work of John Ray. A brilliant teacher, Linnaeus believed that all species had been separately created and that in devising his classification system he was uncovering the design of their creator, God. Darwin wasn't going to publish his evolutionary theory for another 120 years, remember. Linnaeus recorded about 9,000 species of plants and animals and devised a system to reveal their relations with each other in terms of creation, of course. His focus, his clue in understanding the classification of plants was sexuality ...
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