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sapiens

[sey-pee-uhnz]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens ).



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Word History and Origins

Origin of sapiens1

Borrowed into English from New Latin around 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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For decades, experts believed that Homo sapiens reached Europe mainly by traveling through the Balkans and the Levant, moving from Africa into the Middle East.

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A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought, researchers are claiming in a new study.

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That sapiens is Latin for “wise” can just seem like an ironic joke.

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At least on this planet, only members of homo sapiens are freaky enough to be entertained by a cat dressed as an avocado.

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The research for the first time pinpoints a short period 48,000 years ago when Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals after leaving Africa, after which they went on to expand into the wider world.

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