Classification of Living Organisms

by Mark J. Lewis

We have been trying to classify living organisms throughout history. Through this enthralling narrative, students learn about the early methods used to classify living things, including those of Aristotle, Andrea Cesalpino, Gasphard and Johann Bauhin, John Ray, Carl Linnaeus, and Charles Darwin. Evolutionary relationships, studied in the field of phylogenetics, are also investigated. Readers learn about phylogenetic trees, dichotomous keys, convergence,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1435895355
• ISBN13: 9781435895355
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12