Q. The scientific name of modern human being is
Solution:
- The binomial name Homo sapiens was coined by Carl Linnaeus (1758).
- The Latin noun homo (genitive hominis) means “human being”, while the participle sapiens means “discerning, wise, sensible”.
- The species was initially thought to have emerged from a predecessor within the genus Homo around 300,000 to 200,000 years ago.
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