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The classification for american vultures have changed over time due to new ways to classify organisms on the evolutionary chain. After the African Vulture had external similarities to the American Vulture, they both use to be classified with the falcon family. This was changed due to the vulture's one particular action to cool itself in hot temperatures, it will urinate on it's legs and wait for evaporation to cool itself. The stork shares this behavior but the African Vulture does not. After analyzing DNA scientists now classify the American vulture with the Stork closer than it's relationship to the African Vulture.
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How have classification systems changed?
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Have classification systems changed?
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Why have classification systems have changed over time?
Classification systems have changed over time because biologists have found better ways to organize the increasing organisms .
Give an example in which DNA comparisons showed a surprising relationship among particular kinds of organisms?
American and African vultures were once thought to be closely related, but DNAcomparisons showed that American vultures are more closely related to storks.
Why do you think that scientists have changed the classification system since it was first developed?
I think that scientists have changed the classification system since it was first developed because, the world has grew example technology and they wanted to update it. I also think scientists have changed the classification system since it was first developed to make it easier.
Are hawks vultures?
No. Hawks are hawks and vultures are vultures.
How many Vultures are in a committee?
There is no specific number of vultures in a committee. A committee of vultures is just a group of vultures.
What happened to the Standard Industrial Classification?
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system became the North American Industry Classification System
What animal are vultures?
Vultures are birds
How vultures adapt to the desert?
Vultures eat the same thing in the desert that they eat everywhere else in the world. They are scavengers. They eat other animals that have died. Vultures soar around until they see a dead animal, then they swoop down and eat it.
Why has the classification system changed over the year?
The classification system has changed over the years because a newly discovered organism may be very much like two groups of organisms biologists may disagree on which group to put the organism into.
Is an American vultures are now classified with storks instead of with African vultures because of evidence based on body structures?
Recent evidence shows that New World vultures, like the California Condor, Andean condor, king vulture, turkey vulture, and black vultures do indeed show genetic markers more similar to storks than Old World Vulture species.
