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  1. Anthropomorpha

    Anthropomorpha (original spelling: Antropomorpha) is a defunct taxon, replaced by Primates.The order was established by Carl Linnaeus in the first edition of his book Systema Naturae (1735) for genera Homo (humans), Simia (monkeys and apes in general) and Bradypus (sloths). The taxon is notable for the history of human taxonomy as the first to combine apes (Linnaeus' Simia) and humans under the same clade.In the 1758 edition of the same book, Linnaeus discarded this name and began to use the word Primates, which has replaced Anthropomorpha completely. A dissertation on the Anthropomorpha was published by Linnaeus' student Christian Emmanuel Hoppius in 1760.The name is no longer considered valid, as the animals that were included within Anthropomorpha are now believed to belong to multiple clades. For example, two-toed sloths were included within Anthropomorpha, but are now considered to be in the family Choloepodidae, which is not closely related to the primates. Comte de Buffon correctly rejected the combination of sloths and primates within the same order.

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  1. Anthropomorpha

    the manlike, or anthropoid, apes

  2. Etymology: [NL. See Anthropomorphism.]

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  1. Anthropomorpha

    Anthropomorpha is a defunct taxon which contained the manlike, or anthropoid, apes. The order was established by Carl Linnaeus in the first edition of his book Systema Naturae for genera Homo, Simia and Bradypus. In the 1758 edition of the same book, Linnaeus discarded this name and began to use the word Primates, which has replaced Anthropomorpha completely. The name is no longer considered valid, as the animals that were included within Anthropomorpha are now believed to belong to multiple clades. For example, two-toed sloths were included within Anthropomorpha, but are now considered to be in the family Megalonychidae, which is not closely related to the primates. The taxon Anthropomorpha was originally proposed by Carolus Linnaeus, although Linnaeus' archenemy, the Comte de Buffon, correctly rejected the combination of sloths and humans within the same order.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anthropomorpha in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anthropomorpha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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