| 单词 | homo sapiens |
| 释义 | Homo sapiens[ hoh-moh -sey-pee-uhnz ] / ˈhoʊ moʊ ˈseɪ pi ənz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Homo sapiens ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe species of bipedal primates to which modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) belong, characterized by a large brain, a nearly vertical forehead, a skeletal build lighter and teeth smaller than earlier humans, and dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools: the species has existed for about 200,000 years.See also Boskop man, Cro-Magnon, Marmes man, Niah Cave. humankind. Origin of Homo sapiensFirst recorded in 1770–75; from New Latin: literally, “rational man”; see origin at Homo, sapient Words nearby Homo sapienshomopteran, homopterous, homorganic, Homo rhodesiensis, homoromantic, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens idaltu, Homo sapiens sapiens, homoscedastic, homoserine, homosexual Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Homo sapiensHomo sapiens / (ˈsæpɪˌɛnz) / nounthe 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 manSee also man (def. 5) Word Origin for Homo sapiensNew Latin, from Latin homo man + sapiens wise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Homo sapiensHomo sapiens [ (hoh-moh say-pee-uhnz) ] The biological classification of modern humans. Homo sapiens is Latin for “the wise human” or “the clever human.” The earliest Homo sapiens was Neanderthal, who developed about 150,000 years ago. Sometimes modern humans are further classified into the subspecies of Homo sapiens neanderthalis (Neanderthals) and Homo sapiens sapiens (Cro-Magnons and present-day humans). (See Linnean classification.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Scientific definitions for Homo sapiensHomo sapiens [ sā′pē-ənz ] The modern species of humans. Archaic forms of Homo sapiens probably evolved around 300,000 years ago or earlier in Africa, and anatomically modern fossils are known from about 100,000 years ago. All humans now living belong to the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. The closest living relative of Homo sapiens is the chimpanzee. See more at archaic Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon Neanderthal. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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