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sapiens
[sey-pee-uhnz]
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens ).
Word History and Origins
Origin of sapiens1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
That sapiens is Latin for “wise” can just seem like an ironic joke.
At least on this planet, only members of homo sapiens are freaky enough to be entertained by a cat dressed as an avocado.
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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