Page 135 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

Every living thing occupies its own particular position in

all of the above seven groups. (There are also sub-cate-
gories within this hierarchical classification.) For example,
the tree we commonly refer to as the white pine is a mem-
ber of the plant kingdom and of the phylum Tracheophyta.
It is also a member of the class Pteropsida, the order
Coniferales, the family Pinaceae, the genus Pinus and the
species strobus.

The scientific name of the wolf, a carnivorous canine, is
Canis lupus; it is also a member of the phylum of mammals,
the order Carnivora, the family Canidae and the genus
Canis. 163
In this classification system, the largest unit is kingdom.
Until the 20 century, most biologists divided the world of
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living things in two—either plants or animals. In the last
century, however, progress in the fields of microbiology and
biochemistry in particular revealed that this simple division

didn't go far enough. Today, a five-kingdom classification is
generally agreed upon. In addition to plants and animals,
the fungi, protista and monera are also regarded as separate
kingdoms.
The animal kingdom, containing more than 1 million
described species, is the largest, made up of multi-celled or-
ganisms that digest food, generally move, and have com-

plex systems and organs. The plant kingdom contains more

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