homo sapiens

The family tree of the hominids has just one family member left and that is us, the Homo sapiens. There has been much discussion as to why the other hominid branches died out, for example Homo neanderthalensis. One group of hominids the Homo erectus, so called because this is when man evolved...

The Science Show on ABC (that's Australia mind), had a segment recently asking for new names for humanity, given that he thinks "wise man" is not an appropriate moniker. So say we throw out the sapiens, at least, what would you give as a descriptor for our species? (It would be interesting to...

Whilst debating a creationist the other day they brought up something I hadn't really thought of before: the fact that humans, unlike other primates, seem to have head hair that is only controllable through technology. While I countered that as evidence of "creation"--noting that it would only...