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Classification Study Guide Helps communicate with other scientists Learn how organisms are related...
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Classification Study Guide
Helps communicate with other scientists
Learn how organisms are related to other organisms
Learn about organismsMake sense of our world
Classification Study Guide
Sorting organisms into groups based on similarities and differences
Occurs everywhere: library, store, your closet at home
Developed by Carolus Linneaus; he is referred to as the Father of Taxonomy
Classification Study Guide
Taxonomy is the study of classifying or grouping organisms
A branching key is another name for a dichotomous key
A dichotomous key is a special guide developed by taxonomists to aid in identifying unknown organisms by answering yes or no questions
Classification Study Guide
There are seven groups that organisms can be arranged in
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
The taxonomy for humans is as follows: Animalia, Chordata, Manmalia, Primata, Hominidae, Homo,
Homo sapien
Classification Study Guide
Kingdom Animalia. Man is part of the animal kingdom, the top grouping.
Phylum Chordata. This phylum consists of animals with spinal cords.
Class Mammalia. Man is a mammal, a warm-blooded animal who bears its young live.
Order Primates. This order includes humans and all apes, monkeys, gorillas, etc. Five fingers and toes, eyes facing forward
Family Hominidae. The hominids include man and his closest cousins, chimps and gorillas. Walk upright on two legs.
Genus Homo. The family of man, including our extinct predecessors, Homo erectus and the Neanderthals.
Species sapiens. You and me.
