Homo
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊmoʊ/
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Homo
- A lot of things came through those years of the evolution of Homo sapiens.
- Homo sapiens
- Homo sapiens
Like with the different species of Homo in our own past.
- Like with the different species of Homo in our own past.
- So these would justifiably be put into our own species, Homo sapiens, supposedly wise man.
- OK, so let's pose this question to Homo erectus.
- But some people think that they were a an island version of Homo erectus.
- Yeah, I would phrase that as rebranding ourselves from Homo sapiens to Homo sentience.
- The size and complexity of the human brain expanded basically tripled inside Homo habilis.
- That's what we've eaten since we have been homo sapien sapien.
- OK, so that's, that's saying what that's Homo sapiens beginning.
- So why not basically spread Homo sapiens?
- Like the three primary outlets for the modern day human homo sapien, right?
Examples
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So these would justifiably be put into our own species, Homo sapiens, supposedly wise man.
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Almost everything on Earth has changed with the advent of Homo sapiens and the establishment of the modern anthroposphere.
Academic text (2005) -
So why not basically spread Homo sapiens?
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Could be I, I think, you know, our species, Homo sapiens.
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But some people think that they were a an island version of Homo erectus.
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In fact, we can trace the origin of religious experience to before Homo sapiens.
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The species Homo sapiens lives on in harmony with nature.
Academic text (1996) -
Community is inherent to homo sapiens' makeup; we need it to feel whole and survive.
Blog text (25) -
Another demonstrated how mitochondrial DNA can be used to establish an evolutionary profile of Homo sapiens.
Academic text (1992) -
Scientists believe that the evolution of Homo species began over two million years ago.
Synonyms
A group of species that includes modern humans and extinct relatives
Compounds
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An early human no longer alive that walked upright and used simple tools
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A kind of early human from East Africa that lived about 2 million years ago and used simple stone tools
- Literature
A painting or sculpture showing Jesus wearing a crown of thorns before his crucifixion
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An early human known from bones found in Spain about one million years ago
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An extinct human species from Europe and Africa that used simple tools
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An extinct type of human that lived in Europe and western Asia long ago
Surface Forms
Etymology
Homo comes from the old Latin word homo, which means 'human' or 'man'. Scientists used that old word to name our group, so Homo sapiens really means 'wise human', and that is why Homo refers to humans and their close relatives.