Classification

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Classification

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the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.

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Taxonomy

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the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

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Kingdom that humans belong to

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Animal

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Phylum that humans belong to

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Chordata

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Class that humans belong to

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Mammalia

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Order that humans belong to

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Primates

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Family that humans belong to

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Hominidae

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Genus that humans belong to

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Homo

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Species that humans belong to

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H. sapiens

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Animalia

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Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.

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Chordata

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is an animal belonging to the phylum

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Mammalia

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are vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia

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Primate

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A primate is a mammal of the order Primates, with two distinct suborders: strepsirrhines and haplorhines - the “dry-nosed” primates -.

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Hominid

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a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.

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Linnaeus

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Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the “father of modern taxonomy”.

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Dichotomous Key

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A dichotomous key is a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish. Keys consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item. “Dichotomous” means “divided into two parts”.

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Domain

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A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System. Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name. Wikipedia

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Archaebacteria

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microorganisms that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient intermediate group between the bacteria and eukaryotes.

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Bacteria

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a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.

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Protista

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The Protista is an heterogeneous group of eukaryotic organisms. That is, the nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear envelope, and they contain organized plastids and mitochondria. Most protists are unicellular, but there are some relatively simple multicellular forms.

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Fungi

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Fungi is the plural word for “fungus”. A fungus is a eukaryotic organism. Yeasts, moulds and mushrooms are examples of fungi. The study of fungi is called mycology. Like animals, humans and most bacteria, all fungi are heterotrophs.

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Plantae

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Kingdom Plantae Characteristics. Most of the plants are eukaryotic and chlorophyll containing organisms. Cell walls of plant cells are comprised of cellulose. They have an ability to grow by cell division.