ALL meanings of homo sapiens
Ho·mo sa·pi·ens
H h - noun homo sapiens (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools. 1
- noun homo sapiens humankind. 1
- uncountable noun homo sapiens Homo sapiens is used to refer to modern human beings as a species, in contrast to other species of ape or animal, or earlier forms of human. 0
- noun homo sapiens the specific name of modern man; the only extant species of the genus Homo. This species also includes extinct types of primitive man such as Cro-Magnon man 0
- noun homo sapiens mankind; human being: the scientific name for the only living species of human 0