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Homo may refer to:

Science

• Homo (genus), the genus including modern humans (Homo sapiens) and closely related species such as Neanderthals
• Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital, in chemistry: see HOMO/LUMO

Nutrition

• Homo, an abbreviation for homogenized milk

Slang

• Homo, pejorative slang term (adjective or noun) for homosexual

Organisations

• HomO, short name of the Swedish Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation

Literature

• Homo, the wolfhound in Victor Hugo's novel The Man Who Laughs

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin homo (“‘human being, man’”)

Proper noun

Homo

1. A taxonomic genus, within subfamily Homininae - various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.

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Homo

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Derived terms

• Homo sapiens (the only remaining species)
• Homo erectus
• Homo antecessor
• Homo cepranensis
• Homo ergaster
• Homo floresiensis
• Homo georgicus
• Homo habilis
• Homo heidelbergensis
• Homo microcranous
• Homo neanderthalensis
• Homo orientalis
• Homo platyops
• Homo rhodesiensis
• Homo rudolfensis

German

Noun

Homo m. (genitive Homos, plural Homos)

1. A homosexual male; gay man or boy

Synonyms

• Schwuler m.

From Wikispecies

illustrations of Homo Species

Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
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 (Recent): H. sapiens
Species (fossil): †H. antecessor - †H. cepranensis - †H. erectus - †H. ergaster - †H. floresiensis - †H. georgicus - †H. habilis - †H. heidelbergensis - †H. microcranous - †H. neanderthalensis - †H. orientalis - †H. platyops - †H. rhodesiensis - †H. rudolfensis

Name

Homo Linnaeus, 1758
Type species: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Africanthropus Weinert, 1938
• Anthropus Boyd Dawkins, 1926
• Archanthropus Arldt, 1915
• Atlanthropus Arambourg, 1954
• Cyphanthropus Pycraft, 1928
• Europanthropus Wüst, 1950
• Javanthropus Oppenoorth, 1932
• Kenyanthropus Leakey et al., 2001. Type species: †Kenyanthropus platyops Leakey et al., 2001, by original designation. [syn. Cela-Conde & Ayala (2003)]
• Maueranthropus Montandon, 1943
• Meganthropus Weidenreich, 1944
• Nipponanthropus Hasebe, 1948
• Notanthropus Sergi, 1911
• Palaeanthropus Bonarelli, 1907
• Pithecanthropus Dubois, 1894
• Praehomo von Eickstedt, 1932
• Proanthropus Wilser, 1900
• Pseudhomo Ameghino, 1909
• Sinanthropus Black & Zdansky, 1927
• Tchadanthropus Coppens, 1965
• Telanthropus Broom & Robinson, 1949

References

• Cela-Conde, C.J.; Ayala, F.J. 2003: Genera of the human lineage. PNAS, 100(13): 7684-7689.
• Leakey, M.G.; Spoor, F.; Brown, F.H.; Gathogo, P.N.; Kiarie, C.; Leakey, L.N.; McDougall, I. 2001: New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse Middle Pliocene lineages. Nature, 410: 433-440. [Abstract: [1]]
• Homo on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names

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