Homo sapiens
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊmoʊ ˈseɪpiənz/
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Homo sapiens
- And only for the last handful of millennia really has it been us Homo sapiens alone, pondering where we came from.
Except that that's not how Neanderthals or Homo sapiens created community.
- Except that that's not how Neanderthals or Homo sapiens created community.
- And there used to be a number of human species, not just Homo sapiens.
- Now, knowing him, that's one of his sort of almost warnings, seeing as how Homo sapiens eradicated the Neanderthals.
- So as far as we know, the Australian continent had no placental mammals except Homo sapiens until the Europeans came.
- But for various reasons, I'm impressed with the evidence that language is the key to understanding the evolution of Homo sapiens.
- And at the end of the day, yes, we are Americans, we are Israelis, we are Chinese, we are Ukrainians, we are Russians, but we are also Homo sapiens.
- Until such time as Homo sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along.
- Equally as important is that humans, Homo sapiens, were the only victim of smallpox.
- There were probably in a weakened situation when Homo sapiens came and and and started to spread.
- He's he's he's moving from primate stage to Homo sapiens stage.
- Do you do you think for the for Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, do you think it's the greatest invention ever?
- So Homo habilis, Homo erectus, eventually Homo sapiens and over were about two million years.
- But the entire tribe, the nucleus of this group of Homo sapiens themselves, is only vulnerable for maybe just two or three hours.
- The only reason to have sex for, for primate Homo sapiens sapiens is not just to make babies.
Examples
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Community is inherent to homo sapiens' makeup; we need it to feel whole and survive.
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They'll never tell you that driving is considered to be the most difficult task Homo sapiens have had to master.
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Why do you think Homo sapiens evolved?
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The last wave changes the last species to evolve, Homo sapiens.
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On a Big History course, the species Homo sapiens is not even mentioned until more than halfway through.
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We call ourselves Homo sapiens, which means the wise ones we were humble enough to call ourselves.
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Possession of this technology by Homo sapiens is forbidden.
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What about the world of culture that, after all, is our most distinctive mark as members of the species Homo sapiens sapiens?
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We're all Homo sapiens.
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The discovery of ancient tools shows how Homo sapiens adapted to their environment.
Synonyms
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A person who walks upright and can think and speak
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All people on Earth viewed as a single group
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All people considered together as a group
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All people who live on Earth as one group
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All people as one group
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A group of humans that includes all living people
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The binomial is a compositional taxonomic name: 'Homo' (the human genus) combined with 'sapiens' (pertaining to modern humans/wise) directly denotes the species. Because the meaning is a straightforward combination of the constituents and Latin scientific names map consistently across languages, a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Homo sapiens comes from the Latin words Homo 'man' and sapiens 'wise'. Early scientists used this name to show that humans think, speak, and walk upright, so the name now means the species of modern humans.