Biology - Taxonomy of Human Beings
Biology
Taxonomy of Human Beings
Taxonomic rank
|
Name
|
Common name
|
MYA
|
Domain
|
Eukaryote
|
Cells with a nucleus
|
2,100
|
Kingdom
|
Animalia
|
Animals
|
590
|
Phylum
|
Chordata
|
Vertebrates and closely related invertebrates
|
530
|
Subphylum
|
Vertebrata
|
Vertebrates
|
505
|
Superclass
|
Tetrapoda
|
Tetrapods
|
395
|
Unranked
|
Amniota
|
Amniotes, Tetrapods that are fully terrestrially-adapted
|
340
|
Class
|
Mammalia
|
Mammals
|
220
|
Subclass
|
Theriiformes
|
Mammals that birth live young (i.e. non-egg-laying)
| |
Infraclass
|
Eutheria
|
Placental mammals (i.e. non-marsupials)
|
125
|
Magnorder
|
Boreoeutheria
|
Supraprimates, bats, whales, most hoofed mammals, and most carnivorous mammals
| |
Superorder
|
Euarchontoglires
|
Supraprimates (primates, rodents, rabbits, tree shrews, and colugos)
|
100
|
Grand order
|
Euarchonta
|
Primates, colugos and tree shrews
| |
Mirorder
|
Primatomorpha
|
Primates and colugos
|
79.6
|
Order
|
Primates
|
Primates
|
75
|
Suborder
|
Haplorrhini
|
"Dry-nosed" (literally, "simple-nosed") primates (apes, monkeys, andtarsiers)
|
40
|
Infraorder
|
Simiiformes
|
"Higher" primates (or Simians) (apes, old-world monkeys, and new-world monkeys)
| |
Parvorder
|
Catarrhini
|
"Downward-nosed" primates (apes and old-world monkeys)
|
30
|
Superfamily
|
Hominoidea
|
Apes
|
28
|
Family
|
Hominidae
|
Great apes(Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orang-utans)
|
15
|
Subfamily
|
Homininae
|
Humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
|
8
|
Tribe
|
Hominini
|
Genera Homo and Australopithecus
|
5.8
|
Subtribe
|
Hominina
|
Contains only the Genus Homo
|
2.5
|
Genus
|
Homo
|
Humans
|
2.5
|
Species
|
(Archaic) Homo sapiens
|
Modern humans
|
0.5
|
Subspecies
|
Homo sapiens sapiens
|
Fully anatomically modern humans
|
0.2
|
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