Human

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Human
Fossil range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens
Subspecies: H. s. sapiens
Trinomial name
Homo sapiens sapiens
Linnaeus, 1758

One species of a genus of erect-walking bipedal primates that appears to have achieved some measure of success and dominance, but appears to be on the brink of losing dominance to other more successful vermin. Humans appear to have an unfortunate tendancy to soil their own environment, leading to a gradual decline in the environment's ability to support them.