During the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, categorizing organisms became more prevalent, and taxonomic works became ambitious enough to replace the ancient texts. This is sometimes credited to the development of sophisticated optical lenses, which allowed the morphology of organisms to be studied in much greater detail.
during the renaissance and the age of enlightenment categorizing organisms became more prevalent and taxonomic works became ambitious enough to replace the ancient texts this is sometimes credited to the development of sophisticated optical lenses which allowed the morphology of organisms to be studied in much greater detail