human species
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It proposes placing all human species and closely related fossil relatives from the past 4-5 million years within the genus Homo.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
From early on, what has set the human species apart from all others is the ability to direct ever-increasing power toward our ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The thrust of the tale is that we are the only surviving human species among several that once roamed the Earth, a line that has been around more than 300,000 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
The human species, Huxley affirms, should embrace transhumanism: “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.”
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025
How did we push all other human species into oblivion?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
