Question

question: what did linnaeus—and traditional classification since his time—depend on to classify organisms? but linnaeus worked more than a century before charles darwin published his ideas about common ancestry. because classification changes as new discoveries are made, modern systematists apply darwins ideas to classification. they try to look beyond similarities and differences to ask questions about evolutionary relationships. scientists today try to assign species to larger groups, and to organize those groups in branching patterns, in ways that reflect how closely members of those groups are related to each other.

Explanation:

Linnaean and traditional classification rely on similarities and differences among organisms. Modern - day, evolutionary relationships and branching patterns are also considered.

Answer:

Similarities and differences, evolutionary relationships, and branching patterns.