Homo sapiens

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This suggests that evolution of human-specific traits since our species Homo sapiens diverged from a common ancestor with chimpanzees perhaps 6-7 million years ago has involved changes to regulation of nervous system genes.

From Reuters

Yet, for thousands of years the Tibetan Plateau has been occupied by Homo sapiens.

From Salon

The last name among the “Litanies” is Homo sapiens — uncharacteristic for Adams, and more expected of a comparatively immature artist’s rhetoric.

From New York Times

That’s 192 endangered species until low male voices invoke one more, the species that named the others and now threatens them, and itself, with extinction: Homo sapiens.

From New York Times

That's not very long in geological terms — in fact, Homo sapiens probably first emerged around the same time.

From Salon