• Question: why are we called humans?

    Asked by freyaburnett to Louise on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Louise Dash answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Hi Freya

      The word “human” comes from medieval English and ultimately from the Latin “homo” – in Latin we are called “homo sapiens” which means literally “wise man” – I think it’s supposed to be our wisdom that makes us human but some days I wonder about that!

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