New name needed for unwise Homo?

摘要

Homo sapiens was the name Carl Linnaeus assigned to our species in 1758, when humanity may indeed have seemed 'wise' relative to others. Today, this name is up for debate, given our questionable ability to control the potential disasters we have unleashed.An animal that imperils its own future and that of most other life forms and ecosystems does not merit a single 'sapiens', let alone the two we now bear.