[Taxacom] taxonomy article in the NYTimes

[Stephen Gaimari]

Genesis 2: 
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Looks like being a farmer (or at least gardener) would be a slightly older profession!
 
Cheers,
Steve
 
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Dr. Stephen D. Gaimari
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>>> Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu> 8/11/2009 8:35 AM >>>
>>Genesis 2: 19-20
>>
>>19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of 
>>the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man 
>>to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each
>>living creature, that was its name.
>>
>>20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air 
>>and all the beasts of the field.

>Well, this would demonstrate two things:
>
>(1) Taxonomy would accordingly be the world's oldest profession (as 
>opposed to the presently-titled "world's oldest profession")