Homo sapiens sapiens
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A creature descends to Earth from a sleek spacecraft, still humanoid but far removed from its ancestor species Homo sapiens sapiens.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
That is my new name for the human species, which currently has the scientific name of Homo sapiens sapiens, or wise, wise man, which makes us the most misnamed species on the planet.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
By that time, Homo sapiens sapiens was already in the process of spreading all over the world.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Fifty thousand years ago with the rise of Homo sapiens sapiens.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2019
“The human genetic constitution has changed relatively little since the appearance of truly modern human beings, Homo sapiens sapiens, about 40,000 years ago,” S. Boyd Eaton and Melvin Konner wrote.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2016
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