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sapientization

sapientization noun: the process of evolving into Homo sapiens.

Noun

sapientization (uncountable)

  1. The process of evolving into Homo sapiens.
    • But about 300,000 years ago, during the European Second Interglacial period, "the first evidence of sapientisation occurred," and the fossil remains begin to express the stages toward the emergence of modern humanity.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 118

Forms of sapientization

alternative formsapientisation

Questions about sapientization

What does sapientization mean?
Sapientization means the process of evolving into Homo sapiens.
What part of speech is sapientization?
Sapientization is a noun.

Words near sapientization in the dictionary

  1. sapientes
  2. sapiential
  3. sapientially
  4. sapientious
  5. sapientisation
  6. sapientization
  7. sapientize
  8. sapientized
  9. sapientizes
  10. sapientizing
  11. sapiently

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