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Linnaeus as the lectotype of Homo sapiens

Історичний портрет Карла Ліннея з Національної бібліотеки Уельсу; графічний твір, не фотографія / Historical portrait of Carl Linnaeus from the National Library of Wales; artwork, not a photograph.

Історичний портрет Карла Ліннея з Національної бібліотеки Уельсу; графічний твір, не фотографія / Historical portrait of Carl Linnaeus from the National Library of Wales; artwork, not a photograph.

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ICZN identifies Carl Linnaeus as the lectotype of Homo sapiens, designated by William Stearn in 1959. This does not mean Linnaeus appointed lectotypes for every species he described or selected himself during his lifetime. A name-bearing type anchors the application of a scientific name; it is not the most average human, everyone’s genetic ancestor or a standard of human worth.