human species
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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
Scientists from the University of Reading, the University of Oxford and Durham University found that brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between species.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
In a sense, the earth is mounting an immune response against the human species.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
