|
Taxonomic rank |
Name |
Common name |
MYA |
|
Domain |
Eukaryote |
Cells with a nucleus |
2,100 |
|
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Animals |
590 |
|
Phylum |
Chordata |
Vertebrates and closely related invertebrates |
530 |
|
Subphylum |
Vertebrata |
Vertebrates |
505 |
|
Superclass |
Tetrapoda |
Tetrapods |
395 |
|
Unranked |
Amniota |
Amniotes, Tetrapods that are fully terrestrially-adapted |
340 |
|
Class |
Mammalia |
Mammals |
220 |
|
Subclass |
Theriiformes |
Mammals that birth live young (i.e. non-egg-laying) |
|
|
Infraclass |
Eutheria |
Placental mammals (i.e. non-marsupials) |
125 |
|
Magnorder |
Boreoeutheria |
Supraprimates, bats, whales, most hoofed mammals, and most carnivorous mammals |
|
|
Superorder |
Euarchontoglires |
Supraprimates (primates, rodents, rabbits, tree shrews, and colugos) |
100 |
|
Grand order |
Euarchonta |
Primates, colugos and tree shrews |
|
|
Mirorder |
Primatomorpha |
Primates and colugos |
79.6 |
|
Order |
Primates |
Primates |
75 |
|
Suborder |
Haplorrhini |
"Dry-nosed" (literally, "simple-nosed") primates (apes, monkeys, andtarsiers) |
40 |
|
Infraorder |
Simiiformes |
"Higher" primates (or Simians) (apes, old-world monkeys, and new-world monkeys) |
|
|
Parvorder |
Catarrhini |
"Downward-nosed" primates (apes and old-world monkeys) |
30 |
|
Superfamily |
Hominoidea |
Apes |
28 |
|
Family |
Hominidae |
Great apes(Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orang-utans) |
15 |
|
Subfamily |
Homininae |
Humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas |
8 |
|
Tribe |
Hominini |
Genera Homo and Australopithecus |
5.8 |
|
Subtribe |
Hominina |
Contains only the Genus Homo |
2.5 |
|
Genus |
Homo |
Humans |
2.5 |
|
Species |
(Archaic) Homo sapiens |
Modern humans |
0.5 |
|
Subspecies |
Homo sapiens sapiens |
Fully anatomically modern humans |
0.2 |
