* Domain: Eukarya (organisms with cells containing a nucleus)
* Kingdom: Animalia (multicellular, heterotrophic organisms)
* Phylum: Chordata (animals with a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail at some stage of development)
* Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates with mammary glands, hair or fur, and three middle ear bones)
* Order: Primates (mammals with five-fingered hands, five-toed feet, and large relative brain size)
* Family: Hominidae (great apes, including humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans)
* Genus: Homo (modern humans and extinct human relatives)
* Species: Homo sapiens (modern humans)
This means that our full scientific name is *Homo sapiens*.
