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Homo sapiens

[hoh-moh sey-pee-uhnz] / ˈhoʊ moʊ ˈseɪ pi ənz /
NOUN
mankind
Synonyms
WEAK
earth flesh human species humanity humankind man mortality people society universe world

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The objects are from just before Homo sapiens moved to Europe from Africa where they interacted with Neanderthals.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

However, Homo sapiens were moving through the Indonesian archipelago around the same time the hobbits disappeared.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

This reflected the broader wave of megafauna losses that followed the global spread of Homo sapiens.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

The second was the Early Holocene, 12,000-8,000 years ago, just after the last Ice Age, when Mesolithic hunter-gatherers from our own species, Homo sapiens, inhabited the region.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.

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