“Scientists have unearthed startling revelations about our Homo sapien forebears,” CNN reported in December. But is that true? I’d argue no because we don’t have Homo sapien forebears. In fact, there’s no such thing as a Homo sapien. It’s Homo sapiens. So why did CNN use “Homo sapien” instead of “Homo sapiens”? Probably because it sounded right. […]

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