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Homo sapiens

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q15978631
Homo sapiens
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Summary

Homo sapiens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59,898 views/month, #507 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Homo[4]
  • Taxon name: Homo sapiens[5]
  • Subclass of: Homo[6]
  • Commons category: Homo sapiens[7]
  • Temporal range start: Chibanian[8]
  • Has part(s): sclerasdcbn[9]
  • Start time: 200000 BC[10]
  • Source of energy: carbohydrate[11], fat[12], dietary fiber[13], protein[14], mineral (nutrient)[15], vitamin[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Homo sapiens[17]
  • Commons gallery: Homo sapiens[18]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21]
  • Taxon synonym: Homo arabicus[22]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[23]
  • This taxon is source of: breast milk[24], human skin[25], head hair[26], human hair[27], human organ[28], human flesh[29]
  • Short name: H. sapiens[30]
  • Taxon common name: Mensch[31], Human[32], Mens[33], Nipa[34], إنسان[35], মানুহ[36], Човек[37], মানুষ[38], Den[39], Čovjek[40], Humà[41], ᏴᏫ[42], člověk[43], Menneske[44]

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Identifiers

Homo sapiens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9606[45]. Homo sapiens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327955[46]. Homo sapiens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436436[47]. Homo sapiens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180092[48].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Homo sapiens include anthropocene[49], an epoch[50].

Why It Matters

Homo sapiens has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include anthropocene[49], an epoch[50].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nature.com. nature.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Catalogue of Life. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 4481
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4481, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329664|humans (#7329664)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 80
    Exact match → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0000604
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bs', 'c
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606"
  3. 11w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Homo arabicus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Homo arabicus"
  4. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1pbVQ5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 19w ago · Beegies · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Source of energy → carbohydrate, fat, dietary fiber +3
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4860411, 2368807
    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+122.449'}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: Homo_sapiens, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213753443|Homo sapiens (#213753443)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Südd"
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