In 1735, Carolus Linnaeus, proposed a system of classification for all plants and animals in his book Systema Naturae, and used his system to give us the name of Homo sapiens which literally means wise man. In this system, each genus could have many different species, and each genus is part of larger categories of living things. In Linnaeus’s system, he categories homo as our genus, but we are also a part of the primate order, which is a category much larger than our own genus. Linnaeus proposed that humans actually belonged to nature and that we are biologically close to the primate family, but he had also acknowledge and proposed our own genus (O’Neil). Therefore even though we are biologically similar and relatable, we still have many
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There’s several traits and qualities that separates us from the rest of the species in our primate family, and can be explored in the following: characteristics that define human behavior, what distinguishes homo sapiens from other species, and important contributions to the domestication of plants and …show more content…
Scientist are not sure when we began to communicate vocally because there is no fossilized proof of it. However making and using tools, dating back more than three hundred and fifty thousand years ago, involved complex methods and behaviors that required some form of communication. Prior to speech early humans used pigments to create complex symbols and representations in order to communicate about their unpredictable world (O’Neil). Communicating vocally required humans to evolve like no other species in order to produce speech. Speech required a brain large enough to maintain the ability to think abstractly and to communicate abstractions (Tignor 2011). It also required an allele of a gene which held the ability to comprehend grammar and to control the mouth movements necessary to produce words (O’Neil). Therefore humans are able to make and process more distinctive sounds than any other animal. Humans are able to pronounce fifty different phonemes, while apes are only able to produce twelve. With fifty phonemes, humans are able to produce and create more than one hundred thousand different words (Tignor
There’s several traits and qualities that separates us from the rest of the species in our primate family, and can be explored in the following: characteristics that define human behavior, what distinguishes homo sapiens from other species, and important contributions to the domestication of plants and …show more content…
Scientist are not sure when we began to communicate vocally because there is no fossilized proof of it. However making and using tools, dating back more than three hundred and fifty thousand years ago, involved complex methods and behaviors that required some form of communication. Prior to speech early humans used pigments to create complex symbols and representations in order to communicate about their unpredictable world (O’Neil). Communicating vocally required humans to evolve like no other species in order to produce speech. Speech required a brain large enough to maintain the ability to think abstractly and to communicate abstractions (Tignor 2011). It also required an allele of a gene which held the ability to comprehend grammar and to control the mouth movements necessary to produce words (O’Neil). Therefore humans are able to make and process more distinctive sounds than any other animal. Humans are able to pronounce fifty different phonemes, while apes are only able to produce twelve. With fifty phonemes, humans are able to produce and create more than one hundred thousand different words (Tignor