What is the actual meaning origin of the prefix homo? : r . . . - Reddit What is the actual meaning origin of the prefix 'homo'? I've been confused about this for a while, and here's why: 'homo', when used in such contexts as homogenous, homogeneous, and homosexual means 'same', or 'similar' Whereas in homo sapiens I believe it means 'human' or 'man'
Homo sapiens and homo sapiens sapiens : r evolution - Reddit Homo sapiens sapiens refers to fully modern humans Us Homo sapiens is a broader classification that includes subspecies and archaic humans that scientists might want to classify differently because they feel the differences are too great Other scientists may want to classify all of them under Homo sapiens and not have subspecies so there's