Here's the point: **Homo sapiens** is the "thinking man" by definition. But the **Homo sapiens sapiens** is a subspecie of the Homo sapiens. Putting it differently; it's a step further in the evolution of the modern man. 

And we; in this extant form; belong to the **Homo sapiens sapiens** - since there are still other subspecies of the Homo sapiens like; **Homo sapiens neanderthalis**, and the **Homo sapiens idaltu**

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