[dark_lord]

And for those who have forgotton the old mnemonic:

King Philip Came Over From Germany Stoned.

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species.

[SarahW]

In all my years of schoolin', I was never privileged to hear of that particular mnemonic device.

It's now part of my son's curriculum. :)

[Mr. Bird]

Believe it or not, I used: Kids pee chocolate oreos for good spiders. They say the more absure the mnemonic, the easier to remember. Needless to say, mine is etched in my brain forever.

[Blueflag]

Yeah, well, that .6% is really critical. Compare us to mice in the genome, and it's a little scary how close we are.

The point should be made that all vertebrate mammalian life forms are amazingly close (in my opinion) in the genome. The fact that only a small % makes the critical differences is revealing. Think of how diverse human-kind is, and we share a 'uniform' genetic sequences. And then add gender.

This always kicks off anagnostic-science versus a believing-science debate, BUT, the more I understand and work with/in the Life Sciences, the more I am amazed at and the increasingly reveled role of the Divine Designer.

[20yearvet]

Chimps should
be part of human genus,

The Chimps are smart enuff to object.

[Risa]

>>King Philip Came Over From Germany Stoned.<<

wow. Always I have had to look up those categories between Kingdom and Genus.

Thanks for a great mnemonic.