natural classification

British  

noun

1. biology classification of organisms according to relationships based on descent from a common ancestor

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Example Sentences

But the Darwinian is searching for a natural classification.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

But in a natural classification many fossil species certainly stand between living species, and some extinct genera between living genera, even between genera belonging to distinct families.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

We can see why characters derived from the embryo should be of equal importance with those derived from the adult, for a natural classification of course includes all ages.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

I conceive, therefore, that the natural classification of languages is also the natural classification of mankind.

From Critiques and Addresses by Huxley, Thomas Henry

The theory of evolution finds its broadest inductive foundation in the natural classification of living things, which arranges all the various forms in larger and smaller groups, according to their degree of affinity.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August