Question

Who was the first to classify animals?

Answer 1

Classification of animals:

1. The first person to classify animals was Aristotle.
2. His attempt to classify all the organisms was written in his book ‘History of Animals’.
3. He grouped the organisms according to their similarities, i.e. the animals with blood or without blood.
4. Animals that live in water and the animals that live on land.
5. He saw life in the form of hierarchy.
6. He believed that organisms should be classified from lower to higher and humans being the highest.