Who gave the nomenclature according to which humans are called Homo sapiens
A
Darwin
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B
Mendel
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C
Aristotle
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D
Linnaeus
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Solution
The correct option is D Linnaeus Carlolus Linnaeus is well known for his work in binomial nomenclature. Binomial nomenclature is a naming system for the classification of species. In this, organism is given a scientific name. For example, the scientific name of human is Homo sapiens. In this, Homo is genus which includes early and modern humans and sapiens is species specific for humans