Human Sapiens Sapiens. Anatomically modern humans
The scientific name for modern humans is Homo sapiens.
Homo erectus is the closest known relative to modern humans.
The term that refers to modern humans is Homo sapiens.
The scientific name for anatomically modern humans is Homo sapiens.
Modern humans are mostly related to the cro-magons, but there is some evidence that the Neanderthals (nee-ANN-der-talls) were ancestors of some modern humans.
Modern humans belong to the group of hominids known as Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens
Neanderthals were shorter and stockier than modern humans, with a more robust build and shorter limbs. They also had a larger brain size than modern humans.
Homo sapiens are not extinct. Homo sapiens are humans. Modern humans, in fact.
Modern monkeys are not the ancestors of modern humans. however, animals that we would consider to be ape-like, but which are now extinct, were the ancestors of both modern humans and modern monkeys.
the type of hominid who could grow as tall as modern humans