identify data sources, gather, process and analyse information from secondary sources to illustrate the classification process by identifying features of humans that classifies them as:
- Animal
- Chordate
- Mammal
- Primate
- Hominid
- Homo
- Homo sapiens
Below is a table provided as a sample of a process to follow when addressing this dot point.
Classification level | Name of group | Human characteristic at this level |
---|---|---|
Kingdom |
Animalia |
heterotrophic, no cell wall |
Phylum |
Chordata |
have a notochord or dorsal nerve tube |
Class |
Mammalia |
hair, mammary glands, four chambered heart |
Order |
Primates |
opposable thumb, nails, binocular vision, forward directed eyes, 2 nipples |
Family |
Hominidae
|
no tail, upright stance |
Genus |
Homo
|
bipedal gait, erect posture, S-shaped spine, foramen magnum centred under the skull |
Species |
sapiens
|
large brain, complex social system, |