Artificial classification groups organisms by arbitrary characteristics; it is stable but does not show evolutionary relationships.
Artificial classification groups organisms based on arbitrarily chosen unifying characteristics, which is stable but doesn't reflect evolutionary relationships. Its advantages are stability, while its disadvantage is not showing evolutionary relationships.
| Front | Artificial classification involves ... adv./disadv. |
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| Back | grouping according to arbitrarily unifying characteristics; relatively stable but do not show evolutionary relationships |
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