addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been...
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Binomial nomenclature (redirect from Species names)
part – the specific name or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus Homo and within...
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Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of...
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Homo (redirect from Species of the genus Homo)
homō 'human') is a genus of great ape that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses the extant species Homo sapiens (modern humans) and...
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Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...
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The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the evolutionary lineage of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, throughout the history...
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Human taxonomy is the classification of the human species (systematic name Homo sapiens, Latin: "wise man") within zoological taxonomy. The systematic...
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A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can...
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Homo narrans (category Humans)
('storytelling human') is one of a number of binomial names for the human species modelled on the commonly used term Homo sapiens ('wise human'). The term posits...
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Stanisław Przybyszewski Early modern human List of alternative names for the human species See Human subspecies for proposed subspecies of Homo sapiens:...
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In human anatomy, the penis (/ˈpiːnɪs/; pl.: penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail") is an external male sex organ (intromittent organ)...
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considered, not subgenera, trinomial names of subspecies or infraspecific names. Family is given for each species (or the closest taxonomic rank if family...
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Look up human or humans in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Humans are a species of highly intelligent apes. Human(s) may also refer to: Human, any member...
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Extinction (redirect from Species loss)
animal species may become extinct by 2100. A 2018 report indicated that the phylogenetic diversity of 300 mammalian species erased during the human era since...
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virus, and a few genus and species names were altered. Two criteria were used in selecting items for the list: An invasive species' "serious impact on biological...
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On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle...
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Species: The Awakening is a 2007 science fiction action thriller television film and the fourth and final installment of the Species film series. The...
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directly resultant from human activities). These species are very common in most places, and have ranges that cover most of the nation. The larger part of Great...
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Faber is the title of an influential novel by the Swiss author Max Frisch, published in 1957. List of alternative names for the human species Artificiality...
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kills humans with ease, at a certain point film character Dr. Laura Baker speculates if she was a biological weapon sent by a species who thought humans were...
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Humanzee (redirect from Human-ape hybrid)
hybridization between humans and Pan troglodytes resulted in some varieties of archaic humans. Chimpanzees and bonobos are separate species, but hybridization...
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The human body is the entire structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently...
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damage. The term can also be used for native species that become harmful to their native environment after human alterations to its food web. Since the 20th...
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List of sharks (redirect from List of shark species)
the Early Jurassic. Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families...
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Homo (disambiguation) (section People with the name)
of hummus, a food dip or spread Names for the human species This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Homo. If an internal link...
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XY sex-determination system (redirect from Chromosome 23 (human))
set of DNA coding for genes present on chromosomes. In humans, most mammals, and some other species, two of the chromosomes, called the X chromosome and...
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Taxonomic rank (redirect from Species subgroup)
subgenus, species, subspecies. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature divides names into "family-group names", "genus-group names" and "species-group...
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See Cattle for more names. Cows is often used informally to refer to cattle in general. Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos. The term aerie is...
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Primate (redirect from Non-human primate)
the superfamily Hominoidea: In terms of the common names on the right, this group consists of apes and humans and there is no single common name for all...
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Echovirus (redirect from Echovirus 6, human)
agents. The term "echovirus" was used in the scientific names of numerous species, but all echoviruses are now recognized as strains of various species, most...
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