Question

What is the correct 'sequence of man, taxonomically starting from superfamily to sub family?
A. Hominoidea, Hominidae, homininae
B. homininae, Hominoidea, hominidae
C. homininae, hominidae, Hominoidea
D. Hominoidea, homininae, hominidae

Answer 1

Hint: The classification of the human species within zoological taxonomy is known as Human taxonomy. The systematic genus, Homo, is planned to include both anatomically modern humans and extinct varieties of archaic humans. Current humans have been appointed as subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. They are differentiated according to some from the direct ancestor, Homo sapiens idaltu.

Complete answer:
The taxonomic position of Man is,
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Family: Hominidae
- Subfamily: Homininae
- Tribe: Hominini
- Genus: Homo Linnaeus

> Hominidae-
This group's members are known as great apes. They are a taxonomic family of primates including eight extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee, and the bonobo; and Homo, of which only modern humans remain.

> Homininae-
It is a subfamily of Hominidae. It includes humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees. It also includes extinct human relatives such as Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and earlier species of the genus Homo. These are all hominid species that arose after the split from the other great apes.

> Hominoidea-
It is also known as Apes. It is a branch of Old World tailless simians that is native to Africa and Southeast Asia. They are the sister group of the Old World monkeys. They together form the catarrhine clade.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: Taxonomy is the method of identifying different organisms, classifying them into categories, and naming them.
It involves the following steps-
identification
characterization
classification
nomenclature