Homo sapiens

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This is the peculiar predicament of Homo sapiens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Meanwhile, modern Homo sapiens have existed for only 300,000 years, and what are the odds we make it even another millennium?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Given those extreme conditions, it is remarkable that Homo sapiens survived at all.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

In recent decades, many biologists and anthropologists have come to view Homo sapiens as what’s called a “cooperative breeder.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The cradle of humanity continued to nurture numerous new species, such as Homo rudolfensis, ‘Man from Lake Rudolf’, Homo ergaster, ‘Working Man’, and eventually our own species, which we’ve immodestly named Homo sapiens, ‘Wise Man’.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari