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Homo sapiens (human)
Taxonomy
Homo sapiens was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Homo sapiens Linnaeus p. 20 |
| 1880 | Homo sapiens Gervais and Ameghino p. 3 |
| 1911 | Homo sapiens Thomas p. 125 |
| 1935 | Homo sapiens Schultz and Howard p. 293 |
| 1968 | Homo sapiens Kurten p. 60 |
| 1980 | Homo sapiens Kurten and Anderson p. 355 |
| 1999 | Homo sapiens Meireles et al. p. 11 |
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Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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Homo sapiens afer Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens americanus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens asiaticus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens europaeus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens ferus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens monstrosus Linnaeus 1758
†Homo sapiens idaltu White et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available