Homo sapiens is used to refer to modern human beings as a species, in contrast to other species of ape or animal, or earlier forms of human. (TECHNICAL)
What distinguishes ~ from every other living creature is the mind.
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HOMO SAPIENS
Meaning of HOMO SAPIENS in English
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012