Bid to rename Homo sapiens called unwise
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 18:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
For about 250 years, our species has been known as Homo sapiens, a scientific name in Latin that means "wise man." Given the havoc humans are wreaking on natural systems, putting ourselves and many other living things in peril, we don't deserve the name, one man claims.