Homo sapiens

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Homo sapiens Temporal range: 0.3–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Middle Pleistocene–Present
Male and female H s. sapiens (Akha in northern Thailand, 2010 photograph)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Tribe:	Hominini
Genus:	Homo
Species:	H. sapiens
Binomial name
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies
H. s. sapiens †H. s. idaltu †H. s. neanderthalensis(?) †H. s. rhodesiensis(?) (others proposed)

Humans are the only living species of the genus Homo. Homo is the human genus. H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Homo sapiens are sometimes called "anatomically modern humans".

1. ↑ Global Mammal Assessment Team (2008). "Homo sapiens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136584A4313662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136584A4313662.en. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.