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I have developed a milieu where there are two species of homonids. One being Homo sapiens the latter being an enlightened species evoling from them.
I am thinking Homo excellens based from the latin, superior.
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It sounds the sort of name an 'improved' (in their own eyes) human species might use. Homo sapiens is hubristic enough; Homo excellens is even more so, but isn't that just like us?
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Is this what they call themselves? (If so, where did they pick up the Latin term?) Do they think of themselves as superior? Do the Homo Sapiens think that?
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They consider themselves the enlightened.Their counsil governs the system which includes a post cataclysmic Earth and several colonies.
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They didn't name themselves excellens. They were a product of a secret society of evolutionist before Earth fell thousands of years prior.
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I think Homo Excellens is the best name I've seen for evolved humans. Magneto called the mutants Homo Superior, I've also seen Nietzschiens people who were created on the principles of Nietzsche.
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Well, if "enlightened" is the key word here, how about Homo illuminatus? (The exact ending of the Latin adjective would need someone more thoroughly versed in Latin than I am.)
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Here's my two cents. Although I really like Homo Excellens (has a great ring to it and meaning), it sounds like an author trying to be a scientist, if you get my drift. It IS catchy, but not very convincing from a science standpoint. It works for me if you don't necessarily have a scientific audience.
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