Homo sapiens
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Earlier studies had found signs that Homo sapiens mixed with archaic humans beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Denisovans later mixed with Homo sapiens, allowing a small portion of that super-archaic DNA to enter the genomes of modern humans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, modern Homo sapiens have existed for only 300,000 years, and what are the odds we make it even another millennium?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
It is doubtful whether Homo sapiens will still be around a thousand years from now, so 2 million years is really out of our league.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
