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The History of Classification

Aristotle

  • Aristotle's limited classification system, was used for nearly 2,000 years until it was replaced in the 1700's by Carulos Linnaeus
  • Aristotle's way of classifying animals was based on there traits.
  • Aristotle classified plants and animals
  • Aristotle purposed the two kingdom chart that includes plants and animals
  • Aristotle was one of the first scientists to organize living things.
  • Aristotle (384-322 BC) Studied at Plato's academy in Athens for about 20 years

Aristotle

His model "Limited Classification System"

John ray

John Ray

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  • John ray also classified animals
  • he separated them into two main groups red blood and no red blood
  • he then broke it down to hard and soft bodies.
  • From there to shells and no shells
  • John Ray was a man that was fasinated with plants and animals
  • The method he used to classify plant was called"Methodus plantarum nova"
  • His method had three groups cryptograms( Plants that reproduced by spores), Monocatyledoms( plantswhos seeds have one embyonic leave), Dicotyledons(Plants whos seeds have two embryonic leaves
  • The ray society was established in 1844 in his honer
  • He went to trinity College for about 15 years and he studied anatomical and chemical studies

John Ray

Animals

Plants

Linnaeus

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  • Carulos Linnaeus classified plants, animals and shells
  • His model of classification is called "Systema Naturae"
  • Linnaeus classified the 2 kingdom into 6 smaller groups which are, Phylum, class, order, family, genus and species
  • As a child Linnaeus was more interested in knowing plant names than in school.
  • Linnaeus lived from 23 may 1707- 10 January 1778

Linnaeus

Systema Naturae

Animals

Systema Naturae

Plants

Robert Whittaker

4

  • Robert Whittaker sugusted the 5 kingdom classification of Animolia,Plantae, Fungi,protista and monera
  • He called his model Taxonomic classification
  • He got a PHD at the university of Illinois
  • He classified organism's by there Nutritients and absorption of food

Whittaker

Step 2

Taxonomic classification

Model 2

Carl Woese

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  • He studied and classified Archea,Bacteria and eucarya.
  • He studied Taxonomy for about 12 Years
  • He recieved a PhD in 1953
  • He classiied organisms into three main groups archea, Bacteria and Eucarya
  • When Carl Woese developed the modern system of classification, he broke the bacteria kingdom into two kingdoms, Bacteria and Archaea.
  • His chart is called the three domain system.

Woese

3 Domain System

Assessment activity 1

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Notes

By:Jarilyn Pelayo Montufar

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