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| An adult human male (left) and female (right) from the Akha tribe in Northern Thailand
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Mammalia
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| Order:
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Primates
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| Suborder:
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Haplorhini
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| Family:
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Hominidae
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| Genus:
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Homo
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| Species:
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H. sapiens
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| Binomial name
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Homo sapiens
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| Subspecies
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| Synonyms
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- aethiopicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- americanus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- arabicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- aurignacensis
Klaatsch & Hauser, 1910
- australasicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- cafer
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- capensis
Broom, 1917
- columbicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- cro-magnonensis
Gregory, 1921
- drennani
Kleinschmidt, 1931
- eurafricanus
(Sergi, 1911)
- grimaldiensis
Gregory, 1921
- grimaldii
Lapouge, 1906
- hottentotus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- hyperboreus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- indicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- japeticus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- melaninus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- monstrosus
Linnaeus, 1758
- neptunianus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- palestinus
McCown & Keith, 1932
- patagonus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- priscus
Lapouge, 1899
- proto-aethiopicus
Giuffrida-Ruggeri, 1915
- scythicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- sinicus
Bory de St. Vincent, 1825
- spelaeus
Lapouge, 1899
- troglodytes
Linnaeus, 1758
- wadjakensis
Dubois, 1921
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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.
The common name of the human species in English is historically man (from Germanic mann), often replaced by the Latinate human (since the 16th century).