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I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.

Carl Linnaeus

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Carl Linnaeus
Age: 70 †
Born: 1707
Born: May 23
Died: 1778
Died: January 10
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