While modern taxonomists no longer use Linnaeus’s precise system of classification, they have retained important elements of his bionomial nomenclature. A current taxonomical classification of human beings might look as follows:
Kingdom . . . . Animalia
Phylum . . . . . Chordata
Subphylum . .Vertebrata
Class . . . . . . Mammalia
Order . . . . . . Primates
Suborder . . . . Anthropoidea
Family . . . . . . Hominidae
Genus . . . . . . Homo
Species . . . . . sapiens
