Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy.
References:
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_kingdoms.htm
http://www.strangescience.net/linn.htm
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/19/090119fa_fact_lepore?currentPage=all
http://linnaeus.c18.net/Doc/lbio.php
http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/animals&plantsbook/History/02-Explaining-Life-Classification.htm
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/autotroph.html
http://tolweb.org/Eukaryotes/3
http://www.livescience.com/4593-greatest-mysteries-species-exist-earth.html
http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit1/3domain/3domain.html
Table of Contents
1) Taxonomy 0:00
2) Phylogenetic Tree 1:24
3) Biolography 2:26
4) Analogous/Homoplasic Traits 3:48
5) Homologous Traits 4:03
6) Taxa & Binomial Nomenclature 4:56
7) Domains 5:48
a) Bateria 6:04
b) Archaea 6:44
c) Eukarya / 4 Kingdoms 6:54
-Plantae 7:56
-Protista 8:23
-Fungi 8:56
-Animalia 9:31
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