Homo sa·pi·ens 
(sāpē-ənz, -ĕnz′)
(sāpē-ənz, -ĕnz′)n.
The modern species of humans, the only extant species of the primate tribe Hominini.
[New Latin Homō sapiēns, species name : Latin homō, man + Latin sapiēns, wise, rational, present participle of sapere, to be wise.]