[Taxacom] Homo sapiens

[Michael Reuscher]

In Addition to Linnaeus not "expressly" excluding any "specimens" as types,
Linnaeus does not fit his own description of Homo sapiens europaeus because
this subspecies was described with "Pilis flavescentibus, prolixis. Oculis
caeruleis" - meaning blonde hair and blue eyes. Linnaeus had brown hair and
brown eyes. Therefore he was designated the "type specimen" of another
subspecies: Homo sapiens 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*

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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Francisco Welter-Schultes <fwelter at gwdg.de
> wrote:

> Gary, this is your personal taxonomic interpretation of the classification
> of this individual specimen, or what you personally speculate how Linnaeus
> might personally have classified certain individual specimens.
> In Art. 72.4.1 the type must be "expressly" excluded from the type series,
> which refers to the type specimen as such, which would require a neutral
> and objective term having been used for the specimen (candidate terms are
> listed in Art. 72.4.6). Linnaeus (1758: 20-24) did not mention a type
> specimen.
> So from this point of view the lectotype designation by Stearn 1959: 4
> should stand.
>
> Francisco
>
> Am 14.01.2016 um 17:13 schrieb 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Reuscher
>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:54 AM
>> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Homo sapiens
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> <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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