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The study of life and the processes thereof. Some general principles as to how living things work are studied in Biochemistry? and Genetics?. To find out more about specific organisms we investigate their Anatomy?, Physiology?, and Ontogeny?. To find out about how organisms relate we investigate their Ecology?.
One of the central concepts in biology is the principle of Evolution. The descent of an organism is called its Phylogeny?; these are studied using all sorts of evidence, including of course the study of ancient life, Palaeontology?.
The classification of living things is called Taxonomy?, and ideally should reflect the evolutionary trees of the different creatures. Customarily living things are divided into five top-level groups, called kingdoms:
- Kingdom Monera? - all the Prokaryote? groups: bacteria, etc.
- Kingdom Protista - basal Eukaryotes?: protozoa, algae, etc.
- Kingdom Plantae? - green algae & plants
- Kingdom Fungi? - chytrids & fungi
- Kingdom Animalia - animals
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