Homo
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Homo is the biological genus that includes modern humans and their closest extinct relatives, characterized by advanced cognitive abilities and the use of complex tools.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homo canonical | 3 |
| early Homo | 2 |
| Homo erectus | 1 |
| Homo georgicus | 1 |
| Homo heidelbergensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homo Context triple: [Pan, sharesCommonAncestorWith, Homo]
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A.
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens is the modern human species, a highly intelligent primate distinguished by advanced cognitive abilities, complex language, and sophisticated cultures.
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B.
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus robustus is an extinct robust australopithecine hominin species from southern Africa, characterized by a heavy jaw, large teeth, and adaptations for powerful chewing.
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C.
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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D.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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E.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homo Target entity description: Homo is the biological genus that includes modern humans and their closest extinct relatives, characterized by advanced cognitive abilities and the use of complex tools.
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A.
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens is the modern human species, a highly intelligent primate distinguished by advanced cognitive abilities, complex language, and sophisticated cultures.
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B.
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus robustus is an extinct robust australopithecine hominin species from southern Africa, characterized by a heavy jaw, large teeth, and adaptations for powerful chewing.
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C.
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus africanus is an early hominin species from southern Africa, dating to about 3–2 million years ago, that exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits and is important for understanding human evolution.
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D.
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes, commonly known as the common chimpanzee, is a highly intelligent great ape native to the forests and savannas of central and West Africa and one of humans’ closest living relatives.
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E.
Hominidae
Hominidae is the biological family of great apes that includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority |
Carl Linnaeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Linnaeus, 1758
|
| characteristic |
advanced cognitive abilities
ⓘ
bipedal locomotion ⓘ capacity for complex language ⓘ high degree of sociality ⓘ large brain relative to body size ⓘ prolonged juvenile development ⓘ use of complex tools ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| earliestKnownSpecies | Homo habilis ⓘ |
| etymology | Latin word for "man" or "human" ⓘ |
| evolutionaryGroup | hominins ⓘ |
| extinctSpeciesCount | multiple ⓘ |
| family | Hominidae ⓘ |
| fossilRange | Pleistocene to Recent ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | Africa ⓘ |
| hasLivingSpecies | Homo sapiens ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Homo antecessor
ⓘ
Homo erectus ⓘ Homo floresiensis ⓘ Homo habilis ⓘ Homo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo luzonensis ⓘ Homo naledi ⓘ Neanderthals ⓘ
surface form:
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo rudolfensis ⓘ Homo sapiens ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parvorder | Catarrhini ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Australopithecina
ⓘ
surface form:
Australopithecus
|
| studyField |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ |
| subfamily | Homininae ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini ⓘ |
| superfamily | Hominoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Hominini ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Homo sapiens ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Homo Description of subject: Homo is the biological genus that includes modern humans and their closest extinct relatives, characterized by advanced cognitive abilities and the use of complex tools.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Homo erectus
this entity surface form:
early Homo
this entity surface form:
early Homo
this entity surface form:
Homo heidelbergensis
this entity surface form:
Homo georgicus