Homo sapiens意思

"Homo sapiens" is the scientific name for the human species. The word "Homo" is Latin for "human" or "man," and "sapiens" means "wise" or "sensible." Together, "Homo sapiens" refers to the wise or intelligent human. This term was first used in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, as part of his system of binomial nomenclature for classifying living things.