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HOMO SAPIENS [1 record]

Record 1 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Modern human species; a large, erect, omnivorous, terrestrial biped of the primate family Hominidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Mots latins servant à désigner l'espèce la plus récente du genre homo. L'expression a été employée par Bergson pour désigner l'homme parvenu, grâce à l'intelligence, à un certain état d'adaptation au milieu [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Especie de homínido que corresponde al hombre actual y del que se consideran dos subespecies: Homo sapiens neandertalensis y Homo sapiens sapiens. Se conocen fósiles desde hace unos 80.000 años.

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