[Taxacom] Homo sapiens

[Michael Reuscher]

The type specimen (lectotype) of Homo sapiens is Linnaeus himself. This
designation has not much (if any) practical value, but is more of an
honorary status for the "father of binomial nomenclature". The remains of
Linnaeus still exist, but, for obvious reasons, they are not available for
examinations.
More details can be found on the website of the ICZN:
http://iczn.org/content/who-type-homo-sapiens

best,
Michael


*Michael Reuscher, **Ph.D.*

*Postdoctoral Research Associate*

*Ecosystem Studies & Modeling *

*Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies*

*Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi*

*6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869*

*Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5869*

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Thomas McCabe <tmccabe at suchwhat.com> wrote:

> I am an outside observer (medical) of biological taxonomy. I am interested
> in the taxonomy of our species, but have been unable to find a formal
> definition for *Homo sapiens* more recent than the one in Linnaeus’ last
> edition of *Systema natura*, as modified by Gmelin and translated by Kerr (
> *http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.57940*
> <http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.57940>). More recent publications of
> primate taxonomy in English available to me refer to Linneaus’ definition.
> Can anyone direct me to a more recent formal revision?
>
> Thomas McCabe, MD. tmccabe at suchwhat.com
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