Homo sapiens

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These artifacts come from a time long before formal writing, when Homo sapiens had recently migrated from Africa into Europe and encountered Neanderthals.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

However, Homo sapiens were moving through the Indonesian archipelago around the same time the hobbits disappeared.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

The second was the Early Holocene, 12,000-8,000 years ago, just after the last Ice Age, when Mesolithic hunter-gatherers from our own species, Homo sapiens, inhabited the region.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

For years, the mainstream view – based largely on DNA studies and most archaeological sites – was that Homo sapiens first reached the ancient Australia–New Guinea landmass, Sahul, about 50,000 years ago.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari