2 messages in edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacomrules for describing new species - Ho...
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Michael.ChamberlandAug 21, 1995 11:23 pm 
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Subject:rules for describing new species - Homo s`piens?Actions...
From:Michael.Chamberland (2327@MSU.EDU)
Date:Aug 21, 1995 11:23:41 pm
List:edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom

Why do I detect a tongue-in-cheek here? Is Robin Baird talking about HOMO SAPIENS? Who is going to be the lucky bugger (or unlucky, depending upon how one looks at it) who will be declared the type of HOMO SAPIENS? We must have a robust individual, typical in all respects, etc. Why do we assume it must be a male? Are the diagnostic features better on males? Certainly the mammae on a female would be better developed than those on a male. And the presence of mammary glands is a diagnostic feature, no? Nuff said.

I thought C. Linnaeus was the type for Homo sapiens? (How well preserved is the holotype? ...I hope Lenin isn't designated the lectotype! :-)