[Taxacom] Homo sapiens

[Michael A. Ivie]

That designation is bogus, not sure why the ICZN allows it to be on the 
site.

Mike

On 1/14/2016 8:54 AM, Michael Reuscher wrote:
> 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.*
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> 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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