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What is the full taxonomy classification of humans?

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Hint: Taxonomy is a defined system of classification and scientific naming of living and extinct organisms based on their hierarchical arrangement. In addition to Domain (Super kingdom) proposed by Carl Woes, there are seven main taxa in the system (given in ascending order): Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, or Division, and Kingdom. Other taxon categories are also available such as Subphylum, Suborder, etc.

Complete answer:
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is responsible for the taxonomic classification and nomenclature of animals. This is independent of other nomenclature systems such as ICN (earlier known as ICBN), ICNP, ICNCP, and ICVCN. ICZN set rules for the universally acceptable naming of animals and resolved nomenclatural problems due to common names that were varying from area to area around the world. Animal species, including humans, are named by the nomenclature system ICZN and given below is the full taxonomic hierarchy of modern humans according to ICZN,
Domain- Eukarya
Kingdom- Animalia
Subkingdom- Bilateria
Infrakingdom- Deuterostomia
Phylum- Chordata
Subphylum- Vertebrata
Infraphylum- Gnathostomata
Superclass- Tetrapoda
Class- Mammalia
Subclass- Theria
Infraclass- Eutheria
Order- Primates
Suborder- Haplorrhini
Infraorder- Simiiformes
Superfamily- Hominidae
Family- Hominidae
Subfamily- Homininae
Genus- Homo
Species- sapiens
(The modern man or Homo sapiens is considered to be the only living species in the family Hominidae).

Note:
Species are identified and scientifically named by two names (binomial nomenclature) the genus and the specific epithet- for example, ‘Homo’ is a genus and ‘sapiens’ its specific epithet. The term 'Linnaeus' mentioned after the species epithet is the person who originally described and named the species. The generic name is mentioned with the first letter in the capital and remaining small letters, and it is a Latinized Greek or a Latinized vernacular single word. In contrast, the species epithet is written in small letters. The scientific name containing these terms must be italicised in printed form or separately underlined when typed or handwritten.