Name

Name	Translation	Trait identified
Homo economicus	"economic man"	The human as a rational and self-interested agent.
Homo faber	"toolmaker man" "fabricator man" "worker man"	A human's ability to create tools and manipulate his or her environment.
Homo generosus	"generous man"	Suggested by popular science writer Tor Nørretranders in his book Generous Man on evolutionary theory and sociobiology.
Homo reciprocans	"reciprocal man"	The human as an altruistic being through reciprocity.
Homo ridens	"laughing man"	Humans as the only species known to understand comedy.
Homo sacer	"the sacred man"	Humans excluded from civil rights.
Homo scientia	"scientific man" "knowledgeable man"	The original alternative to Homo sapiens.
Homo sociologicus	"sociological man"	A parody term; the human as prone to sociology.
Homo technologicus	"technological man"	The consequence of the human ability to manipulate his or her environment.

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