Centuries before modern genetics established the close evolutionary relationship between humans and other primates, Carl Linnaeus was already willing to examine humanity through the eyes of a naturalist. In one of his reflections, he acknowledged the moral and religious distinctions people traditionally placed between humans and other animals, but then deliberately set those ideas aside to study the body itself.

Throughout time, man has always searched for his rightful place within nature. Man is one and the same biological entity as every other living thing, but he possesses unique…

Centuries before modern genetics established the close evolutionary relationship between humans and other primates, Carl Linnaeus was already willing to examine humanity through…