What is the scientific name for the human species?
Names for the human species Names for the human species The common name of the human species in English is historically "man" (from Germanic), often replaced by the Latinate "human" (since the 16th century). In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name "Homo sapiens" (Latin: "sapient man", Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character. Some of these are ironic of the self-ascribed nobility immanent in the choice of "sapiens", others are serious references to human universals that may be considered defining characteristics of the species. Most of these refer to linguistic,
Names for the human species intellectual, spiritual, aesthetic, social or technological abilities taken to be unique to humanity. The Indo-European languages have a number of inherited terms for mankind. The etymon of "man" is found in the Germanic languages, and is cognate with "Manu", the name of the human progenitor in Hindu mythology, and found in Indic terms for "man" ("manuṣya, manush, manava" etc.). Latin "homo" is derived from an Indo-European root "dʰǵʰm-" "earth", as it were "earthling". It has cognates in Baltic (Old Prussian "zmūi"), Germanic (Gothic "guma") and Celtic (Old Irish "duine"). This is comparable to the explanation given in the Genesis narrative