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Word: sapiens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...show—who could resist watching lizards do push ups? We all know that humans like to show off to get a little attention every once in a while, but I never knew that doing push-ups to impress the ladies isn’t an exclusively Homo sapien mating tactic. As it turns out, color plays a big role in interactions between the sexes. Males typically are more colorful in order to attract females, though in the case of the Red-necked Phalarope, an arctic shore bird, the color and gender roles are reversed. It?...

Author: By Anna E. Sakellariadis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Color Dazzles in Animal Kingdom | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...made fun of gays: “Are you a homo sapien?” he asked...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook and Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Controversial Clown Gave Laughter, Life to Square | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...Some say that it was domesticating animals that separated homo sapien from homo erectus. I didn’t think The Great Gatsby proved this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen worst ways to open a response paper | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

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