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The tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens

In 1758 Carl Linnaeus issued the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, volume one, applying consistent binomials to animals and naming the human species Homo sapiens inside Mammalia and Primates. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1758 Carl Linnaeus issued the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, volume one, applying consistent binomials to animals and naming the human species Homo sapiens inside Mammalia and Primates. Later ICZN starting-point rules are not his lifetime act. Placing humans among primates is the improving naturalism stored here. The moralised varieties on the same pages are a worsening split path, not denied and not copied as a second success.

Context

1735 had already put humans among animals in a short table. 1758 is the binomial, mammalian, primate form. Stearn’s later lectotype jokes are reception, not 1758. Printers and collectors shared the volume. Sharing does not erase the author.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 1758 binomial zoology is not the racial table’s welfare sign. Mixed effects of The tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens are separate paths.

Why it matters

Education and naturalism path of mid weight. High confidence on 1758. Racial ranks remain the split row.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Carl Linnaeus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He authored the 1758 animal volume. Printers in Stockholm issued it; correspondents sent animals.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Systema Naturae, 10th edition — Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBiodiversity Heritage Library · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Linnean Society — Homo sapiens: classifying the human animalThe Linnean Society of London · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

BHL’s tenth-edition scan at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277 (opens in a new tab) is a public copy of the 1758 animal volume. Linnean Society at https://www.linnean.org/research-collections/on-display/homo-sapiens-classifying-the-human-animal (opens in a new tab) independently dates Homo sapiens in that edition.

Established: Systema Naturae 10th ed., 1758, named Homo sapiens among animals with binomials. Not established: that Linnaeus wrote ICZN, or that 1758 ranks are biologically valid. Contribution is recorded as He authored the 1758 animal volume. Printers in Stockholm issued it; correspondents sent animals. The dated heading stays The tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens on 1758-01-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

Shared responsibility is part of The tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens. Naming Carl Linnaeus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1758-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCarl Linnaeus
  2. contributed toFactThe tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The tenth edition of Systema Naturae applies binomials to animals and names Homo sapiens. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/linnaeus-systema-10-1758

https://factrail.ai/facts/linnaeus-systema-10-1758

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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