Because they had big brains and aloud them to create things such as tools, fire, technology, and speak languages.
Homo sapiens means "wise man" in Latin. It is the taxonomic classification for modern humans. "Homo" refers to the genus to which humans belong, while "sapiens" denotes the species characterized by high intelligence and wisdom.
The term "Homo sapiens" is derived from Latin, with "Homo" meaning human and "sapiens" meaning wise or intelligent. It was coined by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to classify modern humans.
Homo sapiens, which translates to "wise man" in Latin. We are the only surviving species in the genus Homo.
Translated literally from the latin it meant "man wise wise" or wise wise man and it means man who knows - and knows that he knows - ie he has a sense of his own being. It is what truly distinguishes us from other sentient beings.
From my understanding, that would be homo sapiens sapiens, or "wise wise man." That's what our generation is called anyway. From that logic, I suppose "man" would be homo.
Doubly Wise Man.
Homo sapiens means "wise man" in Latin. It is the taxonomic classification for modern humans. "Homo" refers to the genus to which humans belong, while "sapiens" denotes the species characterized by high intelligence and wisdom.
The race of humans shows greater intelligence than any other species, so the species was named Homo, meaning man, and Sapiens, meaning wise.
human, you D.A. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <-- Noob It's really Homosapien.
The scientific name for a human is a 'homo sapiens sapiens' or wise wise man.
Homo sapiens, which translates to "wise man" in Latin. We are the only surviving species in the genus Homo.
The term "Homo sapiens" is derived from Latin, with "Homo" meaning human and "sapiens" meaning wise or intelligent. It was coined by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to classify modern humans.
Translated literally from the latin it meant "man wise wise" or wise wise man and it means man who knows - and knows that he knows - ie he has a sense of his own being. It is what truly distinguishes us from other sentient beings.
The English meaning of the Latin word 'sapiens' is wise, sensible, judicious. It's the participle of the verb 'sapere', which means 'to have a flavor or taste'; 'to be able or have a taste'; or 'to be sensible or wise, discern, think'.
From my understanding, that would be homo sapiens sapiens, or "wise wise man." That's what our generation is called anyway. From that logic, I suppose "man" would be homo.
Homo sapiens is the scientific name for modern humans. It means "wise man" in Latin. Homo sapiens first evolved about 195,000 years ago.
Homo sapien is 2 words. It is Latin for man (homo) and sapien (wise)