Definitions
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- noun
Homo sapiens .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
Etymologies
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Homo sapiens is Latin for the wise human or the clever human.
Homo sapiens 2002
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Our own, specific, descriptive name, sapiens, comes from the Latin word to ` know. '
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Call me a species-ist if you will, but Homo sapiens is at the top of the food chain (most of the time) and that's why we get to call the shots (most of the time).
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Because it calmly and with good science assures us that life on Earth will continue long after Homo sapiens is gone, even if Homo sapiens will have forever altered the course of evolution.
"No moon, no pale reflection." yuki_onna 2010
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Because it calmly and with good science assures us that life on Earth will continue long after Homo sapiens is gone, even if Homo sapiens will have forever altered the course of evolution.
"No moon, no pale reflection." greygirlbeast 2010
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Call me a species-ist if you will, but Homo sapiens is at the top of the food chain (most of the time) and that's why we get to call the shots (most of the time).
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Human, Homo sapiens, is a diploid (2n = 46) animal with a haploid genome size of about 3.5 pg.
Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts 2007
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Are you suggesting that 20,000 nuclear bombs and global military expenditures of $1,000,0000,000,000 a year indicate that Homo sapiens is a happy, well-adjusted, peaceful, immortal animal on the Earth?
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Homo sapiens is a suicidally self-destructive species which is ultimately fated to become extinct.
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Human, Homo sapiens, is a diploid (2n = 46) animal with a haploid genome size of about 3.5 pg.
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