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The Error of the Evolution

of Species

How Many Species Are There on Earth?

In biology, the concept of species is used to describe,
understand and reduce biodiversity to a specific number. A
living species consists of a population whose members can

reproduce only among themselves and that share similar
structural and functional characteristics. (This concept will
be explored further in Chapter 3, "Evolution's Speciation
Dilemma.")
How many species are there on Earth? That question has
long intrigued a great many people. Wide-ranging research
is now being carried out to answer it. To date, scientific