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  2. Names for the human species - Wikipedia

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    Lapouge, 1899. troglodytes. Linnaeus, 1758. wadjakensis. Dubois, 1921. In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character. The common name of the human species in English is ...

  3. Human taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Human taxonomy. is the classification of the human species (systematic name Homo sapiens, Latin: "wise man") within zoological taxonomy. The systematic genus, Homo, is designed to include both anatomically modern humans and extinct varieties of archaic humans. Current humans have been designated as subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens ...

  4. List of alleged extraterrestrial beings - Wikipedia

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    Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. [5] Hopkinsville goblin [6][7][8] Small, greenish-silver humanoids. [9] Little green men [10] Diminutive green humanoids. Even though a few abductions have referred to green skin, no report has ever involved anything that would fit the classic ...

  5. Race (human categorization) - Wikipedia

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    e. Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. [1] The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations. [2]

  6. List of ethnic groups of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza) Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy) Indo-European (Afrikaaner) The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and ...

  7. Homo - Wikipedia

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    Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of Hominidae (great apes) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses the extant species Homo sapiens (modern humans) and a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans.

  8. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some other race. 8.4%. Asian. 6.0%. Native American or Alaska Native. 2.9%. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. 0.2%. The first United States census in 1790 classed residents as free White people (divided by age and sex), all other free persons (reported by sex and color), and enslaved people.

  9. Archaic humans - Wikipedia

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    Archaic humans. Archaic humans[a] is a broad category denoting all species of the genus Homo that are not Homo sapiens (which are known as modern humans). Among the earliest modern human remains are those from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco (about 315 ka), Florisbad in South Africa (259 ka), [1][2][3][4][5][6], Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) in southern ...