👉 Resipiscence is a concept in paleontology that refers to the development of new species after an existing species has become extinct. The term was first used by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist who developed the binomial nomenclature system for plants and animals. Linnaeus used the term "respiratory" to describe the process by which new species develop from an existing species. Resipiscence is thought to have occurred in many different ways, including through direct adaptation of
