> Subject: Re: type of Homo sapiens > To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM <TAXACOM at CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU> I ask this as Ihaven't read the book. If Linnaeus did describe himself as thge type specimen - would the name be Homo sapiens - or was his name Latinized in the front and hence in priority is in fact the correct name? MPetz The things you thought you knew - do youstill know them?E-MAIL MPETZ at FS2.SCG.MAN.AC.UK If a man marches to a different beat perhaps he hears a different drummer.