in scientific names of humans homo means
Homo sapiens (Latin : wise person) is the binomial nomenclature (also known as the scientific name) for the human species.Homo is the human genus, which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo.Modern humans are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens, which differentiates them from what has been argued to be their direct ancestor, Homo sapiens idaltu.he binomial name Homo sapiens was coined by Carl Linnaeus (1758). The Latin noun homÅ (genitive hominis) means  man, human being. Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies, Homo sapiens sapiens.