A botanist asks: type specimen for Homo sapiens?

[Richard.Zander at MOBOT.ORG]

A while back we discussed this on Taxacom, and one of us suggested the type
is Linnaeus himself since he knew himself best.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Buys [mailto:BuysMH at PUKNET.PUK.AC.ZA]
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:59 AM
To: TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
Subject: [TAXACOM] A botanist asks: type specimen for Homo sapiens?


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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