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Homo sapiens
Human skull, with briefcase
Scientific classification
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Hominoidea
Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Hominini
Subtribus: Hominina
Genus: Homo
Species: Sapiens
Binomial name
Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens are a group of humans that include modern and prehistoric humans. Humans are a member of the Great Apes. They differntiate from the other primates by have bipedal waking, flexible hands for toll making and a unusually complex brain that allow for complex thought.

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