2006-09-17 01:44:22 · 19 answers · asked by Beaulieu 03 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Scientific name for human beings.
2006-09-17 20:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by loveharrypotter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard the Latin name for some other species? For example, a green crab is Carcinius maenus? Well, Homo sapien is just the scientific name for a human!
One quick note on Latin names: the genus, or first word (in this case, Homo), is always capitalized. The species (sapien) is lowercase.
Good luck! :)
2006-09-17 09:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A member of the human race. Humans are classified under the species, homo sapiens.
2006-09-17 08:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientific name for the "current" form of human being within it's evolutionary development. Prior iterations included Homo Erectus (first apes to stand up) etc
Dayce - I am a christian also. I didn't say we "are" evolved from apes, I said it was the scientific term derived from this theory...
However, Christians shouldn't ignore everything around them and be dogmatic about their interpretations of the Bible... Science can provide some answers - God intended us to know some of it and by discounting "all" scientists as morons puts Christianity in a very negative light... open the mind God gave you!
2006-09-17 08:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by ShowMeTheLite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
homo is the genus of the man and sapien is the species.
i personaly dont belive that men fall into the same family as animals even if some of their structure are similar. so i just know it like that and it doesnt matter if i belive in it.
2006-09-17 16:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sea Bass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cousins of Homo Erectus.
2006-09-17 08:47:31 · answer #6 · answered by Forward 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You, I and the rest of us are Homo Sapiens.
It is the scientific (anthropological) name for the human species we belong to.
2006-09-17 08:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. its the scientific name for Man... "homo" is the genus from which we come and "sapien" is the species......most scientific names are structured like this......which the Genus name, followed by the species. .......eg. Aedes egypti.....which is the scientific name for mosquito "Aedes" is the genus and "egypti" is the species...
2006-09-17 15:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by J D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the evolutionary term for a human as we are today
there were other variations that died out hundreds of thousands of years ago, such as homo erectus.
2006-09-20 19:11:53 · answer #9 · answered by myfairladyisasleep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the scientific name for a human being.
2006-09-17 08:48:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋