An archaic taxonomic order or classification for humans, based on the fact that humans are two-handed creatures.
From Latin 'bi-' (two) and 'manus' (hand), literally meaning 'two-handed'; coined in early scientific taxonomy to distinguish humans from other primates based on hand structure.
Early scientists tried to classify humans as 'Bimana' (two-handed) versus other apes to assert human uniqueness, but we now know many primates are also capable of using two hands skillfully—showing how classification systems embed cultural assumptions.
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