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What is the biological name of humans?

  1. homo sapiens

  2. hetero sapiens

  3. uni sapiens

  4. bi sapiens
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The scientific (biological) name of humans is Homo sapiens, which means 'wise man' in Latin. This binomial name was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The prefix 'Homo' refers to the human genus, while 'sapiens' denotes our species within that genus. The other options are not valid taxonomic names.

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