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Homo sapien en · NOUN

Etymology

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) A member of the species Homo sapiens.
   • 2000, Lauretta Lueck, The Many Waters As we know, there were many types of hominids, and in various stages of development, but none were modern, or completely Homo sapien.
   • A child possesses no human nature at birth. At this time he is only a raw homo sapien with human nature potentials, ... 1953, T. R. Schaffler, A Formula for the Process of Socialization, in Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol. 27, No. 2
   • I think I'm sophisticated / 'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien 1970, The Kinks, “Apeman”, in Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One:
   • 1982, Emmett Davis, The Ethics of Information Serving Homo Sapiens Vs. Homo Biblios, in Ethics and Reference Services In designing the institutions called libraries, we have underemphasized both the contribution each homo sapien, indeed each element of creation, is offering the universe and the support that records of knowledge can provide each homo sapien during portions of their lives to maximize those contributions.
   • 2003, Danny Pate, Creation The Anatomically modern Homo sapien was merely a beast who looked exactly like Man. That’s because God used this Anatomically modern Homo sapien as a prototype in creating Adam and Eve.

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