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"Just as a note to all:Linnaean taxonomy was developed long before Darwin released 'The Origin of Species' (more than 100 years) and before the Theory of Evolution was proposed. It could not possibly be based on Evolution."

How long have fungi been classified as Eukaryote organisms?

Taxonomy is an ongoing process.

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" How long have fungi been classified as Eukaryote organisms?

"Taxonomy is an ongoing process.

I never said that it wasn't an ongoing process. The field is so ongoing that there are many minor squabbles going on between the various schools of thought.

However that doesn't change my point. The Baraminologists are claiming that evolutionary taxonomists and paleontologists are, through the placement of organisms in specific classes, attempting to bolster 'evolution'. The vast majority of organisms were already in place before biological evolution was ever formalized and match quite closely the order Genomic studies suggest. If the majority of classification was accomplished before the formalization of Evolution how can they claim that Linnaean taxonomy was designed to bolster Evolution? Obviously they can't.

BTW, developing a classification system based solely on differences will produce completely arbitrary classes.