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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. List of reptilian humanoids - Wikipedia

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    The Lizard Men of Tok from the Microverse. Sauron, a Pteranodon -like enemy of the X-Men. Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters. Slither, a snake-like mutant and ally of Magneto who has been a member of the Resistants and the Serpent Society. Stegron, a Stegosaurus -like enemy of Spider-Man.

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of avian humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Calais and Zetes, the sons of the North Wind Boreas. [3] Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part- hornbill, having an avian body and a human head. The Ekek from Philippine mythology is depicted as a humanoid with bird wings and a beak. Eos is often depicted as winged in art.

  6. List of hominoids - Wikipedia

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    Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelli) Hominoidea is a superfamily of primates. Members of this superfamily are called hominoids or apes, and include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, bonobos, and humans. Hominoidea is one of the six major groups in the order Primates. The majority are found in forests in Southeastern Asia and Equatorial Africa, with the exception of humans, which have ...

  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. Human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Human evolution. The hominoids are descendants of a common ancestor. Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes. [1]

  9. List of fictional humanoid species in literature - Wikipedia

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    Beast Quest. Death bringers resemble bloated humanoids with four long tentacles. In Series Four of Beast Quest, The Amulet of Avantia, Nixa the Death Bringer guards one of the Amulet's shards. She can assume a ghost-like form. Elves. J. R. R. Tolkien. legendarium. Dwarf. Christopher Paolini.