SAPIENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapiens mean? 

• SAPIENS (adjective)
  The adjective SAPIENS has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens

  Familiarity information: SAPIENS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPIENS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)

 Context examples 

Since the first Homo sapiens emerged in Africa 300,000 years ago, grasslands have sustained humans and thousands of other species.

(Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands, National Science Foundation)