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Man placed different emphasis on keeping order (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

homo sapiens

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'man' is the definition.
(Homo sapiens is an example)

'different emphasis on keeping order' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'keeping' indicates putting letters inside.
'order' becomes 'o' (abbreviation e.g. in British honours OM, OBE etc.).
'emphasis'+'on'='emphasison'
'emphasison' anagrammed gives 'homsapiens'.
'homsapiens' enclosing 'o' is 'HOMO SAPIENS'.

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(Other definitions for homo sapiens that I've seen before include "Relative of 1 across" , "The one existing species of Man" , "Modern humans" , "Human species" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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