Homo Sapiens Everything you need to know. Time Evidence suggests that early Homo Sapiens first appeared roughly 200,000 ~300,000 years ago. The term middle paleolithic the between the first emergence of the Homo Sapiens. By 10,000 years ago the only species of the Homo genus were left. By 120,000 years the homo sapiens have moved in to the middle east and west Asia. 2 Origins The term “Homo Sapien” or Wise man in Latin, was coined by Carl Linnaeus back in 1758 ➢ The term Homo in latin, means “human being.” ➢ The term Sapien means "discerning, wise, sensible" 4 Homo sapiens Homo Sapiens have been theorized to be a subspecies or evolved species of the Homo erectus or Neanderthals (Earlier humanoids). 5 Characteristics What makes Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens? 6 Body Structure Posture Homo Sapiens were Bipedal meaning they stood up right and could walk around like the homo erectus before. 7 Body structure Skull Homo Sapiens’ cranial structure is much like our human skull. 8 Tools Homo sapiens used sharp tools to live and hunt. The homo sapiens were specifically used stone tools as their main choice. They relied on its sharpness and sturdyness. 9 Migration Hlw did the homo sapiens spread? Homo Sapiens’ Journey Homo Sapiens are believed to originate from Africa and started migrate around 70,000 to 100,000 years ago The first Himo sapiens in Europe were the CroMagnon. They are of the first to spread around the world. 11 The Homo Sapiens started to disperse all over the world soon after they first appeared. 12