Homo sapiens
Linnaeus, 1758
Human
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
| Superfamily | : Hominoidea |
| Family | : Hominidae |
| Subfamily | : Homininae |
| Genus | :Homo |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033812Original name as described
Homo Sapiens
Other common names
Type material
Type kind
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Uppsala, Sweden.
Biogeographic realm
NA
Country distribution
NA
Subregion distribution
Distribution notes
Distribution references
Taxonomy notes
Listed as 'domestic=0' given a revised MDD definition of domestication to be 'domesticated by human artificial selection' (see About page). Evidence that modern humans have some BAZ1B genes associated with domestication in other species suggests that natural selection for self-domestication may have occurred, but this does not fit the criteria of domestication for the MDD.
Taxonomy notes citation
Zanella, M., Vitriolo, A., Andirko, A., Martins, P. T., Sturm, S., O’Rourke, T., Laugsch, M., Malerba, N., Skaros, A., Trattaro, S., Germain, P.-L., Mihailovic, M., Merla, G., Rada-Iglesias, A., Boeckx, C., & Testa, G. (2019). Dosage analysis of the 7q11.23 Williams region identifies BAZ1B as a major human gene patterning the modern human face and underlying self-domestication. Science Advances, 5(12), eaaw7908.https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw7908IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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