EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Humans, or Homo sapiens, are members of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, and the order Primates.

Detailed explanation-2: -There is a long list of characteristics that organisms have in Chordata phylum, but the most important is the notochord. Notochord is a flexible rod which runs along the back (dorsal) side of the animal. For humans, our notochord is developing into a spinal cord, making us a chordate.

Detailed explanation-3: -chordate, any member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata), the most highly evolved animals, as well as two other subphyla-the tunicates (subphylum Tunicata) and cephalochordates (subphylum Cephalochordata).