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Homo sapiens

[hoh-moh say-pee-uhnz] / ˈhoʊ moʊ ˈseɪ pi ənz /


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They lived across a large expanse of Europe and western and central Asia, and sometimes overlapped with our species, Homo sapiens.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The encounter took place before the most recent major movement of Homo sapiens out of Africa and into Europe and Asia.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Together, the findings suggest that early Homo sapiens lived alongside numerous related human groups in Africa and Eurasia during the past million years.

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

Cultivating wheat provided much more food per unit of territory, and thereby enabled Homo sapiens to multiply exponentially.

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


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