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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
Why are humans classified as chordates? We don't have tails or gills.
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11 years ago Edited: 7 years ago, bio_man
we are almost identical when observed in embroyonic stage of development that is why. Check out this picture and see how similar we all look with other animals


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11 years ago
During development, human embryos have both gill slits and a post-anal tail. Even though these characteristics are lost in adults, because they existed at one point during development, humans are classified as chordates.
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