Homo Sapiens Definition

sāpē-ənz, -ĕnz
noun
All human beings; mankind.
Webster's New World
A human being.
Webster's New World
The scientific name for the only living species of human.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
Homo sapiens
Plural:
homines-sapientes

Origin of Homo Sapiens

  • New Latin Homō sapiēns species name Latin homō man Latin sapiēns wise, rational present participle of sapere to be wise

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Homo Sapiens Sentence Examples

  • The effect of humans on other vertebrate species homo sapiens dominate the land today.

  • Something happened to make homo sapiens mutate into homo economicus.

  • The rest of the Homo sapiens ' skeletal bones are all intermixed with the other animal bones.

  • We read books that would have us believe fossilized footprints of Homo sapiens walked the earth millions of years ago.

  • But it will free this account of them from embarrassments if they be looked upon as a distinct subspecies of Homo sapiens.

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