(Solved): Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish physician and botanist classified organisms by arranging them on a ladde ...

Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish physician and botanist classified organisms by arranging them on a ladder, referred to as the scala naturae. ascribed to Aristotle's classification system. proposed that resemblances among species were due to evolutionary relationships. developed a nested classification system, which used a binomial format for naming species.