Diversity of life and Need of classification?
Look around, what do you observe?definitely you will see non living objects like rocks, Rivers, ponds, buildings and sky etc., besides non living objects you might also notice living organisms like, cow, dog, birds, butterflies, forests and many more organisms and what else you might notice is that each organisms is different to a lesser or greater extent i.e., the life forms are very diverse . Have you ever imagined as to what was the need of giving names to these organisms? In fact the inquisitive nature of the human beings to know about each and every organism around him, has been the reason to name them. Moreover the very inquisitive instinct of human being to know about his surroundings has been the main reason for placing organisms in groups where the study of only a few representatives of that group could enhance the knowledge about the whole group. some estimates about the total number of types of living organisms on earth range between 3 to 5 mill...
