ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTH 1001 MAR6
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Systematics- determination of the relationships among groups of organisms. Carolus linnaeus devised the taxonomic sheme that we use. He had 5 catagories where he places all groups of living organisms, he will use 7. Kingdom is the most general category, species is the most specific. Need to know the taxonomic scheme for humans********^^^ Genus species (use upper case for first symbol on genus species and it must be italicized or underlined ie homosapiens or h. spiens. 2 differences in the use of taxonomy between linnaeus and modern biologists: concept of the species: linnaeus considered each group of organisms to have an essence . Essence- an immutable or inviolable suite of traits that uniquely distinguishes each group of organisms from one another. That is, organisms within the same species have a unique suite of traits. If two or more species have some of their traits in common, then those two species maybe classified in the same genus.
