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  2. Human taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Human taxonomy is the classification of the human species within zoological taxonomy. The systematic genus, Homo, ... Linnaeus also included H. s. ferus, ...

  3. Linnaean taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts: The particular form of biological classification (taxonomy) set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set forth in his Systema Naturae (1735) and subsequent works. In the taxonomy of Linnaeus there are three kingdoms, divided into classes, and the classes divided into lower ranks in a hierarchical order.

  4. Systema Naturae - Wikipedia

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    Linnaeus developed his classification of the plant kingdom in an attempt to describe and understand the natural world as a reflection of the logic of God's creation. [10] His sexual system , where species with the same number of stamens were treated in the same group, was convenient but in his view artificial. [ 10 ]

  5. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    A classification in which all taxa have formal ranks cannot adequately reflect knowledge about phylogeny. Since taxon names are dependent on ranks in rank-based (Linnaean) nomenclature, taxa without ranks cannot be given names.

  6. Carl Linnaeus - Wikipedia

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    Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.

  7. Human - Wikipedia

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    Carl Linnaeus coined the name Homo sapiens. All modern humans are classified into the species Homo sapiens, coined by Carl Linnaeus in his 1735 work Systema Naturae. [4] The generic name Homo is a learned 18th-century derivation from Latin homō, which refers to humans of either sex.

  8. Taxonomy mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of scientific classification. Taxonomy mnemonics are used to memorize the scientific classification applied in taxonomy. They are usually constructed with a series of words that begin with the letters KPCOFGS, corresponding to the initials of the primary taxonomic ranks.

  9. Names for the human species - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character.