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1.7 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

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,