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Homo sapiens
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| Homo sapiens Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Present
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| Male and female H s. sapiens (Akha in northern Thailand, 2010 photograph) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Tribe: | Hominini |
| Genus: | Homo |
| Species: | H. sapiens
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| Binomial name | |
| Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
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H. s. sapiens | |
Humans are the only living species of the genus Homo. Homo is the human genus. H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Homo sapiens are sometimes called "anatomically modern humans".
- ↑ Global Mammal Assessment Team (2008). "Homo sapiens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136584A4313662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136584A4313662.en. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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