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Homo sapiens
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- human
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Euarchontoglires
....................................................................................Superorder Archonta
......................................................................................Order Primates - primates
........................................................................................Suborder Euprimates
..........................................................................................Infraorder Haplorhini
............................................................................................Parvorder Anthropoidea
..............................................................................................Catarrhini
................................................................................................Superfamily Hominoidea
..................................................................................................Family Hominidae
....................................................................................................Subfamily Homininae
......................................................................................................Tribe Hominini
........................................................................................................Subtribe Hominina
..........................................................................................................Genus Homo - people
............................................................................................................Species †Homo antecessor
............................................................................................................Species †Homo cepranensis
............................................................................................................Species †Homo erectus
............................................................................................................Species †Homo ergaster
............................................................................................................Species †Homo floresiensis - Flores man
............................................................................................................Species †Homo georgicus
............................................................................................................Species †Homo habilis
............................................................................................................Species †Homo heidelbergensis - Heidelberg man
............................................................................................................Species †Homo helmei
............................................................................................................Species †Homo neanderthalensis - Neanderthal man
............................................................................................................Species †Homo njarasensis
............................................................................................................Species †Homo rhodesiensis
............................................................................................................Species †Homo rudolfensis
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo aethiopicus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo antiquus)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo caudatus hirsutus)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo diurnus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo kanamensis)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo lar)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo leakeyi)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo louisleakeyi)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo lucifer)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo microcranous)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo modjokertensis)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo neandertalensis)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo nocturnus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo orientalis)
............................................................................................................(Species †Homo primigenius)
............................................................................................................(Species Homo troglodytes) - night man
............................................................................................................Species Homo sapiens - human
..............................................................................................................Aberration Homo sapiens ab. ferus - feral man
..............................................................................................................Subspecies †Homo sapiens idaltu - Herto man
..............................................................................................................Subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens - human
..............................................................................................................(Variety Homo sapiens var. afer) - africans
..............................................................................................................(Variety Homo sapiens var. americanus) - native americans
..............................................................................................................(Variety Homo sapiens var. asiaticus) - asians
..............................................................................................................(Variety Homo sapiens var. europaeus) - europeans
..............................................................................................................(Variety Homo sapiens var. monstrosus) - monsters
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon)
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens fossilis)
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens neanderthalensis)
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens rhodesiensis)
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens soloensis)
..............................................................................................................(Subspecies †Homo sapiens steinheimensis)
Authorship
Original name
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1..
: 20-24
Original rank
Original generic combination
Original spelling
Types
Type of
Homo
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon
Homo sapiens sapiens
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Pro parte synonym
Homo nocturnus
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Pro parte synonym
Homo troglodytes
C. Linnaeus, 1758, nom. oblit.
[
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 182
]
Alternative name
Homo diurnus
C. Linnaeus, 1758
[
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 20
]
Phylogeny
Clade (stem-based)
Reptilia
[
S.P. Modesto & J.S. Anderson, 2004
: 819
]
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Homo
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
mens
English
:
human; man
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1ss; †1ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1ss; †1ss
1766
C. Linnaeus
[5v]
1758
C. Linnaeus
[5v]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012