OUR PLACE IN NATURE
Linnaeus (Carl Von Linne)
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Looked at the anatomy and the physiology of living things.
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Assigned them a position in a TAXONOMY (a system of biological classification in
which organisms are arranged for the first time.)
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Organisms are arranged into larger groups then into increasingly smaller groups
that  are based on an analysis of similarities and differences in their biological
traits.
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Published Systema Naturae (1735)
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Humans are placed in....
Kingdom Animalia which means that they are related to all organisms which
possess a nervous system, whose nourishment is acquired by digesting food and
whose anatomy allows for movement.
Phylum Chordata which means that humans have a notochord (a flexible chord
that runs the length of back and connects to the brain.)
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata, which means that humans have a true backbone or
spine.
Class Mammalia means that humans have hair, are warm-blooded and suckle
their young.
Order Primata
Genus: Homo
pecies Homo sapien sapien