If there was a life form like this would it be classified as an animal
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If there was a life form like this would it be classified as an animal

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-No it would not because all formal taxa must be monophyletic, i.e. share a recent common ancestor.To place this life form in Kingdom Animalia would create a polyphyletic taxon, since animals on earth share a common ancestor with plants and even bacteria,......
If there was a life form on another planet that was on a different evolutionary line from all life on Earth meaning that its earliest ancestors originated from a separate abio genesis event than life on Earth but that had independently evolved many of the traits that are on Earth seen in animal life, for instance it would have a brain and a nervous system, some eyes, a heart and blood stream, a mouth and digestive system, and some organs such as fins or legs that it would use for locomotion would it be classified as an animal?

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No it would not because all formal taxa must be monophyletic, i.e. share a recent common ancestor. To place this life form in Kingdom Animalia would create a polyphyletic taxon, since animals on earth share a common ancestor with plants and even bacteria, but the alien life form (no matter how closely it resembles animals), does not share a common ancestor with any life form on earth at all. You can still refer to it as animal-like, or even "animal" informally but it can never be part of Kingdom Animalia.

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I would say no because its not fully an animal its also has human legs n other organs like us n animals wat if they spoke our languge n understood it also . Thats just my thought on ur question its tricky but if u read between the linesmeaning people who read dis question will answer wat they may feel is the answer.

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yes sir
i think people would put the place the animal would be discover before than say it name

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