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Definitions for homo sapiens
ˈhoʊ moʊ ˈseɪ pi ənzhomo sapi·ens

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Homo sapiensnoun

    the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc

Wiktionary

  1. Homo sapiensnoun

    A specimen of the species Homo sapiens.

  2. Etymology: From Homo sapiens, used as a common noun.

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  1. homo sapiens

    Homo sapiens is the scientific name for the human species. They are the only surviving species of the genus Homo and the only extant members of the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. Characterized by their higher cognitive functions, capacity for abstract thought, language abilities, and complex social structures, Homo sapiens are believed to have originated in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago.

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  1. Homo Sapiens

    "Homo Sapiens" is the first proper single release from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own released on 22 January 2007. A promotional blank CD-R and sleeve with artwork were given out to fans at gigs on the band's 2006 UK tour. It reached number thirty-six on the UK Singles Chart.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homo sapiens in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homo sapiens in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  1. Rosy Cole:

    “Aberjhani's writing blows the mind and frees the psyche of any rigid assumptions about ancestral heritage. Here, our collective experience is starkly rendered. The transparency of one culture overlays another, and another, to form the daguerreotype of possibilities that is homo sapiens, interacting, almost like the elements themselves, with the created world and modified only by context and its imperatives.”-- from Circles and Arcs

  2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    No species can withstand all the infinite factors to which it can be exposed. Homo sapiens is closer to mass death than other species of the same geographical distribution, largely because we hunt it ourselves.

  3. Mathew Stewart:

    It is only after the last interglacial [ period ] with the return of cooler conditions that we have definitive evidence for Neanderthals moving into the region, the footprints, therefore, most likely represent humans, or Homo sapiens.

  4. Jeff Goldblum:

    What else can we do? being a Sandy Meisner devotee, I’m a romantic about the ensemble credo and synergy and, like this movie depicts, what educated, smart and deeply caring people can do – even a few of them – together at a crucial moment. They can even sometimes defeat the forces of ignorance, corruption and greed, and keep the Homo sapiens ball moving along a little more. Maybe.

  5. Greta Thunberg:

    We have to acknowledge that the older generations have failed. All political movements in their present form have failed, but homo sapiens have not yet failed. Yes, we are failing, but there is still time to turn everything around. We can still fix this.


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