Who gave the nomenclature according to which humans are called Homo sapiens

Darwin

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Mendel

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Aristotle

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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
So, the correct answer is 'Linnaeus'

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