sapiens definition
Homo sapiens is the systematic name used in taxonomy for anatomically modern humans, i.e. the only extant human species. The name is Latin for wise man and was introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus. Extinct species of the genus Homo are classified as archaic humans. This includes at least the separate species Homo erectus, and possibly a number of other species (which are variously also considered subspecies of either H. sapiens or H. erectus. H. sapiens idaltu (2003) is a proposed extinct sub