[Taxacom] Homo sapiens

[Rosenberg,Gary]

Although the information is on the ICZN website, it isn't correct. Under Article 72.4.1, Linnaeus is not eligible to be the lectotype of Homo sapiens; he must be considered excluded from the type series as part of the named variant Homo sapiens europaeus.



Gary Rosenberg

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Drexel University



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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





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

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