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Human beings are vertebrates.
The five traditional class es of vertebrates are amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles. (Compare invertebrates.)
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Although sleep has been extensively studied in humans and other vertebrates, scientists still know relatively little about how it works in animals with very different nervous systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Because these frogs are so difficult to find and observe, diamond frogs remain among the least studied vertebrates in Madagascar.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrates known to science, with some individuals surviving for as long as 400 years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
It also reinforces the importance of South America for the study of the origin and diversification of major groups of terrestrial vertebrates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Like the wheel trees themselves, and the way their bodies are formed—they’re not vertebrates, they don’t have a spine.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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