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At 08:13 AM 5/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Linnaeus' diagnosis of Homo sapiens was unique: in English translation,
>"Know thyself." Therefore, anyone who read his Systema Naturae for the next
>200 years must be in the type lot, including (now that you've read this)
>everyone on Conch-L. Gives you a warm feeling, doesn't it?
Actually, "nosce Te ipsum" (Know thyself) is Linnaeus's diagnosis of the
genus Homo, not of the species Homo sapiens. The diagnosis of Homo sapiens
reads "H[omo] diurnus; varians cultura, loco." Linnaeus included in the
same genus with humans, Homo troglodytes (the chimpanzee, now Pan
troglodytes), described as "H[omo] nocturnus".
The type series of Homo sapiens is restricted to people that Linnaeus knew,
or knew of, before 1758.
Gary
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