How to Use sapiens in a Sentence
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Homo naledi is an extinct cousin of our species, Homo sapiens.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
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And this story begins not with Homo sapiens but with our distant ancestors.
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Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Right under our noses, Homo sapiens is transitioning into a new type of species that might be called Homo techno.
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Alan Lightman
september 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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But within that 500 million, the overwhelmingly safe bet is to say that intelligence will evolve if Homo sapiens were to vanish overnight.
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Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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According to its basic theory, Homo sapiens as a species moved so rapidly from hunting and gathering to buying food at supermarkets that our genes never caught up.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
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Learning to harness the power of flame is arguably our most monumental technological breakthrough as a species—one that allowed Homo sapiens to flourish across the planet.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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But, after Darwin’s implication that Homo sapiens is not creation’s pinnacle, scientists began accepting that there may be far more alien modes of mind.
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Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Based on an interdisciplinary approach to geoarchaeological analysis, Homo sapiens and our hominid ancestors have struggled with the lead for over two million years.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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Rougier said the decline coincided with the arrival of early Homo sapiens in Europe, raising the possibility that competition for resources may have played a role.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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This specific ability to construct and manipulate symbols reflects the cognitive plasticity that enabled Homo sapiens to adapt and thrive, as per IFLScience.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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In a recent press release, the authors of a new study published in Archaeology in Oceania explained that previous studies suggest that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred only once, between 43,500 and 51,500 years ago.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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