Human

Homo sapiens

Summary 3

Homo sapiens is the systematic name used in taxonomy (also known as binomial nomenclature) for anatomically modern humans, i.e. the only extant human species. The name is Latin for "wise man" and was introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus (who is himself also the type specimen).

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
  2. (c) Stan van Remmerden, todos os direitos reservados, uploaded by Stan van Remmerden
  3. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens

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BioDiversity4All Mapa

Status in w palearctic 90-100% of original range
Ecological niche Large Carnivore
Region Europe - Caucasus, Europe - Central, Europe - Eastern, Europe - Iberia, Europe - Italy, Europe - Northern, Europe - Southeastern, Europe - Western, Middle East - Anatolia, Middle East - Arabia, Middle East - Levant, North Africa - Eastern, North Africa - Western