A botanist asks: type specimen for Homo sapiens?

[Matt Buys]

Hi

Bill Bryson in his "Short history of everything" states that there is
to date no type specimen for H. sapiens. Is this true?

M.

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Q: What did the male stamen say to the female pistil?
A: I like your "style"
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Dr. Matt H. Buys
A.P. Goossens Herbarium
Skool vir Omgewingswetenskappe en -ontwikkeling
Noordwes-Universiteit
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Faks: 018 2992503
http://www.puk.ac.za/botany/puc/herbarium.htm

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