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sapiens
This term carries a clinical and scientific weight, evoking the image of evolutionary biology and anthropology. It is rarely used in casual conversation, instead appearing in academic discourse to distinguish modern humans from ancestral hominids or other primate species.
As a noun, the word is an invariant form. It does not follow standard English pluralization rules because it is borrowed from Latin; therefore, the singular and plural forms are identical. One does not add an s to make it plural, as the term itself already ends in s.
Meanings
Examples
Homo sapiens first appeared in the fossil record roughly three hundred thousand years ago.
Are we truly the only sapiens left on this planet?
The professor explained the evolutionary transition to Homo sapiens during the lecture.
The professor explained the evolutionary transition to Homo sapiens during the lecture.
We are simply a species of sapiens trying to understand the universe.
The skull shows clear characteristics of Homo sapiens rather than Neanderthals.
I wonder if there are other sapiens in distant galaxies.
The term sapiens comes from the Latin word for wise.
Modern humans are classified as Homo sapiens.
Modern humans are classified as Homo sapiens.