What taxonomy do humans belong to?

Kingdom: Animalia — Animals are multicellular organisms that consume other organisms. Phylum: Chordata — Chordates are vertebrates, or animals with a vertebrae (spine). read more

Genus: Homo — Humans, our ancestors, and their close relatives. Species: Homo sapiens — Modern humans, the only extant species of humans, although many of us still carry DNA from extinct species that we interbred with. read more

Human taxonomy on one hand involves the placement of humans within the Taxonomy of the hominids (great apes), and on the other the division of archaic and modern humans into species and, if applicable, subspecies. Modern zoological taxonomy was developed by Carl Linnaeus during the 1730s to 1750s. read more

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