Homo sapiens sapiens
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊmoʊ ˈseɪpiənz ˈseɪpiənz/
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Homo sapiens sapiens
- For the past 200,000 years, people—more specifically, Homo sapiens sapiens—have been gazing at the sky above and the objects it contains.
And that looks very different for homo sapiens sapiens than for other primates.
- And that looks very different for homo sapiens sapiens than for other primates.
- The only reason to have sex for, for primate Homo sapiens sapiens is not just to make babies.
- Because we're very, very limited as humans, and that's the Homo sapiens sapiens part of us.
- And even what we are, which science would say we are Homo sapiens sapiens, which is weird, Homo sapiens sapiens are a new creation.
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Because we're very, very limited as humans, and that's the Homo sapiens sapiens part of us.
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But Homo sapiens sapiens has only been around for 100,000 years or so; current trends indicate the likelihood of population overshoot, collapse, and extinction within the next four centuries.
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We are the species called Homo sapiens sapiens, and it's important to remember that.
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We are classified as a species as Homo sapiens sapiens, the one who thinks and knows he or she thinks.
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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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And that looks very different for homo sapiens sapiens than for other primates.
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This mindful way of being in and with the earth, and also with each other, displays itself most graphically with the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens 40,000 years ago from an ice age.
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All modern humans belong to the subspecies known as Homo sapiens sapiens.
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Scientists study various traits that define Homo sapiens sapiens, highlighting our cognitive abilities.
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Throughout history, Homo sapiens sapiens have adapted to different environments, showcasing our resilience.
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 in the world considered as a 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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All people as one group
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The scientific name for the modern human group, different from extinct species like Neanderthals
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The group that includes all living human beings
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal meanings of 'Homo' (the human genus) and 'sapiens' (wise/pertaining to the human species) make it clear the phrase refers to humans, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer a general human-species sense. However, the repetition 'sapiens sapiens' encodes a taxonomic subspecies/trinomial convention (modern human subspecies) that is a technical naming rule and not predictable from the words alone, so the exact scholarly meaning is not fully recoverable by a typical B1 learner.
Etymology
The name Homo sapiens sapiens uses the words Homo ('man') and sapiens ('wise'). Repeating sapiens marks a smaller group inside the species, and that is why the name refers to all 'modern humans'.