GB2 Taxonomy

• Systematics - study of biological diversity and the relationships among organisms.
• Taxonomy - the science of describing, naming and classifying species.
• Phylogenetics - the study of evolutionary relationship among species.
• Aristotle - Greek Philosopher
• Aristotle - classified all the animals, Historia Animalium
• Aristotle - grouped creatures into hierarchy.
• Carolus Linnaeus - developed the Linnaean system, a taxonomic classification system.
• Carolus Linnaeus - Carl von Linne. Swedish botanist and explorer.
• Carolus Linnaeus - organized organisms from larger to smaller and more specific categories, the "Hierarchical System"
• Carolus Linnaeus - created a scientific naming system, Binomial System of Nomenclature.