Question

two justification for the use of scientific names and classifications of organisms

Answer 1

Creating a system of classification allows scientists to examine the relationships and to construct evolutionary trees to explore the origins of life on Earth and the relationship of modern organisms to historical examples. You may also hear biological classification referred to as “taxonomy.”

Scientific names kept by Humans are in the Primate order, placing them in a large group of animals with similar biological adaptations, and the family Hominidae, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. The scientific epithet for humans, Homo sapiens sapiens, includes genus and species, as it does for all organisms, along with a subspecies. The use of a subspecies distinguishes between humans who are genetically distinct enough to be different, but are still capable of interbreeding. Other subspecies of humans are now extinct, but archaeological evidence suggests that multiple subspecies may have coexisted at some point in history.