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Because protists are relatively simple organisms, their classification has remained largely unchanged since their discovery.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
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Protists are extremely diverse, and their classification has changed many times—especially with molecular phylogenetics. "Protista" was a catch‑all group; modern taxonomy splits those organisms among multiple distinct eukaryotic clades (e.g., SAR, Excavata, Archaeplastida, Amoebozoa, Opisthokonta) rather than a single kingdom.