Lumper
Lumper noun - A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics.
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Nearby Word: lump
Splitter
Splitter noun - A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics.
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Depending on whether you're a lumper or a splitter, fossil evidence indicates that as many as nine distinct types of pre-human hominid could have inhabited various regions of the Earth at the same time in the prehistoric past.
Source: Loads and Loads of Races
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