1.2.SCIENCE Hierarchical Taxonomic System (copy) (copy)

Phylogeny

The evolutionary history of a certain species

Phylogenetic Species Concept

Is an irreducible group whose members are descended from a common ancestor and who all possess a combimation of certain defining, or derived, traits

Phylogenetic systematics

Deals with the identifying the evolutionary relationships among the many different kinds of life on Earth, both living (extant) and dead (extinct)

Ernest Mayr and Theodosius Dobzhansky

Who developed the biological species concept

Binomial Nomenclature

In which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epihet

Carl von Linne’

Latin name of Carolus Linnaeus

Carlos Lenneus

Proposed and started to give two Latinized nams for each organism

Latin name

Is a common language used and understood by many biologists

Archaean

Oldest life forms on Earth; first discovered in 1983; comes from the greek word afchaiod which means ancient or primitive

1983

What year did archaean first discovered

archaean

Comes from the Greek word “archaois” which means ancient or primitive

Methanogenic

Release mathane as a by-product

Extreme halophiles

Salt lovers

Extreme thermophiles

Heat-lovers

Animalia

Is the biggest kingdom in the world with atleast four million species named & identified