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Encyclopedia entry: homo sapiens
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homo sapiens
The species to which all living humans belong. The Latin meaning, ‘wise man’ reflects the greater endowment of the brain power compared to his predecessors. The species is defined in terms of anatomy, and the first member of the species is recognized from about 150 000 years ago. Compared to other members of the family Hominidae (all members of the human lineage since the divergence from the common ancestors with chimpanzees about 5 million years ago) and the genus Homo (larger brained hominids that appeared about 2 million years ago), the species is characterized by a higher and more ...
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Article: Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than once believed
China Daily;
March 20, 2007 ;
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... ... Morocco shows that the homo sapiens in the area had started ... known that the species homo sapiens emerged in Africa 200,000 years ago, but the oldest fossils ... around 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. The latest find shows ...
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