Classification
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Is your closet organized?
Living things are organized
into 6 groups
THE 6 KINGDOMS OF LIVING
THINGS ARE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plants
Animals
Why are things grouped (classified)?
Organization
Organization
Organization
Communication
Communication
Communication
Classification
The systematic
grouping of organisms
into categories on the
basis of evolutionary or
structural relationships
between them.
Also known as the
science of taxonomy.
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Early history
Aristotle-first to organize living things
2 large groups-plant and animal
Taxonomy
Is the science of naming and classifying
organisms-has sub-groups and names
Father of taxonomy
is Carl Linnaeus
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Humans
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Animal
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominadae
Homo
sapiens
Chimpanzee
Animal
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Pongidae
Pan
troglodytes
What is a primate?
hands and feet which are adapted for
grasping,
their thumbs and big toes can be moved to
touch the other digits and are known as
opposable digits,
eyes on the front of the face - binocular
vision. This is a great help in judging
distance accurately,
What do all hominids have?
bipedalism and large brains
share more than 97% of their DNA with the
modern human genome, and exhibit a
capacity for language or for simple cultures
beyond the family.
Binomial nomenclature
C. Linnaeus developed a system that gives
a 2 word name to every organism.
The 2 word naming system is called
binomial nomenclature
It helps to avoid confusion
It uses the Genus and species name only
Some common names
Canis familiaris - dog
Felis domesticus - cat
Canis lupus - wolf
Vulpes vulpes - fox
Ichthyomyzon gagi - brook lamprey
Populus deltoides - cottonwood
Cercis canadensis - red bud
Diospyros virginiana - persimmon
Carya illinoensis - pecan
Classification and evolution
According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution,
members that are grouped together have similar
characteristics because they descended from a
common ancestor
Classification shows
the evolutionary relationships
of organisms
A dichotomous key
is used to identify organisms that you do not
already know.
Means "two forks".
A dichotomous key is one tool that can be
used to identify trees or any other organism