# What Is Your Taxonomic Classification **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506 "2012-07-07T06:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/1 "2012-07-07T06:36:45Z")
Once upon a time “biological anthropologists” used what was known as taxonomic classifications to classify the various human races physically, not just as white or Asian or black but more specificially as for example for Europeans Nordic, or Alpinid. Of course, needless to say this became highly controversial and is no longer widely talked about to-day. However we’ve had a discussion on eugenics before (with most people not being racists), so why not this? Note that this is purely physical and racial classification does not mean (hopefully) claims of racial superiority or inferiority. I’m personally a Tungid/Nordsinid. What about you? On Physical Anthropology: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical\_anthropology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_anthropology) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/2 "2012-07-07T06:40:42Z")
Homo sapiens sapiens ---
**Author:** ![the\_apples\_fell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/3 "2012-07-07T07:05:03Z")
I used to post on anthropology boards. Pontid. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/4 "2012-07-07T07:34:32Z")
Thinking meat. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/5 "2012-07-07T10:09:39Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > Thinking meat. This. Or sometimes, just plain meat. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/6 "2012-07-07T10:47:29Z")
…or sometimes meat substitute, especially after pulling yet another all-nighter. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/7 "2012-07-07T11:14:02Z")
Body-hair-wise, I wonder if I’m a Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. Mousterian epoch, perhaps. Sorry, I know that’s an echo of real science, not the Victorian horse-pucky you were asking for, but it is (was) a sub-species, so close enough. Perhaps you’re curious about particular alleles of specific genes that each of us suspect we might possess, and what that might suggest about the geographic wanderings of some of our ancestors. Well, I have Cavalli-Svorza’s door-stopping tome, and it has nice maps, but I’m not astute enough to understand most of the genetics. There have been a few threads on the Dope about people who have voluntarily undergone genetic profiling, hoping to learn something interesting about their ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/8 "2012-07-07T11:54:51Z")
:rolleyes: _Homo sapiens sapiens._ ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/9 "2012-07-07T11:57:36Z")
You know that picture of the evolution of man, which goes from monkeys on all fours to a man standing erect? I’m the next panel, of man walking while leaning backwards. Not sure there’s a name for that yet. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/10 "2012-07-07T12:28:04Z")
_Homo mutt_ ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/11 "2012-07-07T20:14:57Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > You know that picture of the evolution of man, which goes from monkeys on all fours to a man standing erect? I’m the next panel, of man walking while leaning backwards. Not sure there’s a name for that yet. Bwahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/12 "2012-07-07T20:19:53Z")
Where the fallen angel meets the rising ape. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/13 "2012-07-07T20:43:22Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Homo sapiens sapiens That’s what I always put on census forms. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/14 "2012-07-07T20:45:13Z")
Pan narrans. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/15 "2012-07-07T20:51:10Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > You know that picture of the evolution of man, which goes from monkeys on all fours to a man standing erect? I’m the next panel, of man walking while leaning backwards. Not sure there’s a name for that yet. _[Homo sapiens truckinsis](http://www.boomspeed.com/epog/ebay13/8865keepontruckinrcrumb.jpg)_ ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/16 "2012-07-07T21:28:48Z")
Homo Floresiensis ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/17 "2012-07-07T21:31:19Z")
Hetero sapiens ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/18 "2012-07-07T22:40:26Z")
I am Devo. D E V O ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/19 "2012-07-07T22:50:55Z")
There was nothing on the page, even after browsing and clicking links, to give me any information on what I might be defined as, so… I’ll go with homo-sapiens sapiens as well. \ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506/20 "2012-07-07T22:52:12Z")
I’m _Homo sapiens sparticusensis_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506.md?page=2)