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TIL that Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus has been appointed as the type specimen for Homo Sapiens. In simple terms, when scientists ask "is this a human?", they are asking "is this specimen the sa...
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Original Title: TIL that Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus has been appointed as the type specimen for Homo Sapiens. In simple terms, when scientists ask "is this a human?", they are asking "is this specimen the same species as Carl?"

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