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1 TAXONOMY

2 DOMAIN The largest taxon Humans belong to the Domain Eukaryote

3 KINGDOM There are 6 kingdoms that all living things are divided into
Humans belong to Kingdom Animalia

4 PHYLUM There are lots of phyla Humans belong to the phyla Chordata

5 Class Humans belong to the class Mammalia

6 ORDER Humans belong to the order Primates

7 FAMILY Humans belong to the family Hominidae

8 Genus Humans belong to the genus Homo

9 SPECIES Humans are the species sapiens

10 Binomial Nomenclature
All living things have a scientific name using their Genus and species names. EX: Humans are Homo sapiens Scientific names are ALWAYS written in italics or underlined

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