The human species has been distinguished from other lifeforms as the aesthetic hominids (homo aestheticus), combinatorial hominids (homo combinans), grammatical hominids (homo grammaticus), imitative hominids (homo imitans), questioning hominids (homo investigans), talking and even chattering hominids (homo loquens / loquax), playful hominids (homo ludens), storytelling hominids (homo narrans), picture-making hominids (homo pictor), and meaning-making hominids (homo poetica).