Homo sapiens

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This is the peculiar predicament of Homo sapiens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Nominally the case turned on OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company and Mr. Musk’s worries about Homo sapiens being displaced by superintelligent robots.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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

Areas suitable for Homo sapiens tended to be more interconnected than those used by Neanderthals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

This distinction is arbitrary, since Homo erectus evolved into Homo sapiens.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond