A botanist asks: type specimen for Homo sapiens?

[hideki]

I think that Linnaeus himself is not type specimen.  Because he stated
"nosce te ipsum (confirm you for yourself)" in Systema Naturae ed.1 and
continued ed. So he suggested to exclude Linnaeus himself as type. His
statement was indirectly effective at the starting point of the animal names
in 1758.

> From: Richard.Zander at MOBOT.ORG
> Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] A botanist asks: type specimen for Homo sapiens?
>
> 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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