Should species be named after people? It’s up for debate.

Mongabay
Jul 25, 2023, 4:35 pm171 pts
What do Taylor Swift, Jackie Chan, Adolf Hitler and several Nobel Peace laureates all have in common? Over the past 100 years, they’ve all had plants, animals, insects or other new-to-science species named in their honor. The practice of using eponyms, or scientific names based on real or fictional people,…

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