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Family Member: Homo
Man
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Word Entries containing the term: “homo
Homo erectus (s) (noun) (no pl)
A fossil human form that lived from approximately two million years ago to 200,000 years ago: The Homo erectus is thought to be an ancestor of the Homo sapiens.

The Homo erectus existed over a large part of the Old World.

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Homo habilis (s) (noun) (no pl)
The earliest representative of the genus Homo: The Homo habilis, the primitive human, appeared in Africa about two million years ago and was the first to use stone tools.
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Homo sapien (s) (noun), Homo sapiens; Homines sapientes (pl)
1. Genus and species to which modern humans as well as earlier extinct forms belong: The first appearance of Homo sapiens may be as early as 400,000 years ago.
2. Etymology: from Latin for "wise man."

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