Homo

illustrations of Homo Species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

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Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Hominini
Subtribus: Hominina
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens - †H. antecessor - †H. cepranensis - †H. erectus - †H. ergaster - †H. floresiensis - †H. georgicus - †H. habilis - †H. heidelbergensis - †H. microcranous - †H. neanderthalensis - †H. orientalis - †H. platyops - †H. rhodesiensis - †H. rudolfensis

Name

• Homo Linnaeus, 1758: 20
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Thomas (1911: 125), or before
    • Originally included nominal species [the possibility of doubtful inclusion not checked]: (1) Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758; (2) Homo troglodytes Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Africanthropus Weinert, 1938
• Anthropus Boyd Dawkins, 1926
• Archanthropus Arldt, 1915
• Atlanthropus Arambourg, 1954
• Cyphanthropus Pycraft, 1928
• Europanthropus Wüst, 1950
• Javanthropus Oppenoorth, 1932
• Kenyanthropus Leakey et al., 2001. Type species: †Kenyanthropus platyops Leakey et al., 2001, by original designation. [syn. Cela-Conde & Ayala (2003)]
• Maueranthropus Montandon, 1943
• Meganthropus Weidenreich, 1944
• Nipponanthropus Hasebe, 1948
• Notanthropus Sergi, 1911
• Palaeanthropus Bonarelli, 1907
• Pithecanthropus Dubois, 1894
• Praehomo von Eickstedt, 1932
• Proanthropus Wilser, 1900
• Pseudhomo Ameghino, 1909
• Sinanthropus Black & Zdansky, 1927
• Tchadanthropus Coppens, 1965
• Telanthropus Broom & Robinson, 1949

References

cited sources

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.
• Thomas, O. 1911: The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911: 120–158. Internet Archive BHL

additional references

• Cela-Conde, C.J.; Ayala, F.J. 2003: Genera of the human lineage. PNAS, 100(13): 7684-7689.
• Leakey, M.G.; Spoor, F.; Brown, F.H.; Gathogo, P.N.; Kiarie, C.; Leakey, L.N.; McDougall, I. 2001: New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse Middle Pliocene lineages. Nature, 410: 433-440. doi: 10.1038/35068500

links

• AnimalBase [type species incorrectly cited as having been fixed by "subsequent monotypy"]
• Homo in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names

Asturianu: Home
Boarisch: Méntsch
Български: Хора
Česky: Člověk
Српски / Srpski: Човек
Deutsch: Mensch
Ελληνικά: Άνθρωπος
English: Human
Español: Hombre
Français: Homme/être humain
Galego: Home
한국어: 사람속
Hrvatski: Čovjek
Italiano: Essere Umano/Uomo
עברית: אדם
Latviešu: Cilvēki
Lietuvių: Žmonės
Magyar: Ember
Nederlands: Mens
日本語: ヒト属
Polski: Człowiek
Português: Homem
Română: Om
Runa Simi: Runa
Русский: Человек
Slovenčina: Človek
Suomi: Ihmiset
Svenska: Människor
தமிழ்: மனிதன்
Türkçe: İnsan
Українська: Людина
中文: 人屬 / 人属

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