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genus

Homo Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Primates - primates »  family Hominidae - hominids »  subtribus Hominina

Scientific synonyms

Africanthropus Weinert, 1938
Archanthropus
Atlanthropus Arambourg, 1954
Cyphanthropus Pycraft, 1928
Eoanthropus Woodward, 1913
Maueranthropus Montandon, 1943
Paleoanthropus
Pithecanthropus Dubois, 1894
Prezinjanthropus
Proanthropus Wilser, 1900

Included taxa

Number of records: 15

species Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 - Human

Homo sapiens


Fossil taxa

species Homo antecessor de Castro et al., 1997
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

Homo antecessor

species Homo dubius Koenigswald, 1950
species Homo erectus Dubois, 1894 - Upright Man
Tertiary: Piacenzian – Quaternary: Upper Pleistocene

Homo erectus

species Homo ergaster Groves & Mazák, 1975 - Workman

Homo ergaster

species Homo floresiensis Brown, Sutikna, Morwood, Soejono, Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo & Rokus Awe Due, 2004 - Ebu

Homo floresiensis

species Homo habilis L. Leakey, Tobias & Napier, 1964 - Handy Man
Tertiary: Piacenzian

Homo habilis

species Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack, 1908 - Heidelberg Man

Homo heidelbergensis

species Homo helmei Dreyer, 1935
species Homo kanamensis Leakey, 1935 - Kanam Man
species Homo luzonensis Détroit, Mijares, Corny, Daver, Zanolli, Dizon, Robles, Grün & Piper, 2019
Quaternary: Upper Pleistocene
species Homo naledi Berger et al., 2015
species Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864 - Neanderthal Man

Homo neanderthalensis

species Homo rhodesiensis Woodward, 1921 - Rhodesian Man

Homo rhodesiensis

species Homo rudolfensis (Alexeev, 1986) - Rudolf Man

Homo rudolfensis


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Explanations

extinct taxon