Homo superior

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From Latin homo superior (literally superior human), modeled after New Latin Homo sapiens (literally wise human). Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his 1935 novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest.

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Homo superior

  1. (science fiction) The evolutionary step beyond Homo sapiens.
    • 1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John:
      Homo Superior faced the little mob of Homo Sapiens, and it was immediately evident that Homo Superior was indeed the better man.
    • 1963 September 10, Stan Lee, “X-Men”, in The X-Men, volume 1, number 1, page 11:
      Magneto: "The first phase of my plan shall be to show my power... to make Homo sapiens bow to Homo superior!"
    • 1971, “Oh! You Pretty Things”, in Hunky Dory, performed by David Bowie:
      You gotta make way¶ for the Homo Superior
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Homo superior.

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