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Classification of humans

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Classification of humans

Swedish naturalist Linnaeus developed a system for classifying plants and animals, based on a hierarchy of categories ranging from kingdom down to species. This table shows the classification of modern humans, Homo sapiens.

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Simon Nathan, Collections of plants and animals – Identifying plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/table/12130/classification-of-humans (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 1 March 2009.

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Jacob
28 July 2014
Thank you for this information