Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Synonyms: Africanthropus Dreyer 1935, Atlanthropus Arambourg 1954, Cyphanthropus Pycraft 1928, Kenyanthropus Leakey 2001, Pithecanthropus Dubois 1894, Protanthropus Haeckel 1895, Sinanthropus Black 1927, Tchadanthropus Coppens 1965, Telanthropus Broom and Anderson 1949
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Hominini according to D. Strait et al. 2015
See also Andrews 1992, Andrews and Cronin 1982, Brown et al. 2004, Cameron 1997, Cela-Conde and Ayala 2003, Gray 1825, Harrison 2010, Illiger 1811, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pilbeam et al. 1977, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Zalmout et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Panina, Sahelanthropus
Subtaxa: Bimanes Homo antecessor Homo erectus Homo floresiensis Homo georgicus Homo habilis Homo heidelbergensis Homo helmei Homo naledi Homo neanderthalensis Homo njarasensis Homo rhodesiensis Homo rudolfensis Homo sapiens Kenyanthropus platyops
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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