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jeremyjh
on Dec 5, 2021
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Too many species have been lumped together into Ho...
I think the term "people" is better. Neanderthals were clearly people, even if they were a different species.
errcorrectcode
on Dec 6, 2021
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They're (i.e., H. habilis) already classified as "Archaic humans." To call every H. "human" or "people" is ridiculous.
coldacid
on Dec 5, 2021
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Any entity of genus Homo is (or was) human. Just not necessarily culturally or physiologically modern.
errcorrectcode
on Dec 6, 2021
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That's not what the word means. Trying to redefine language for political correctness reasons is absurd. Smh.
coldacid
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I'm usually the first person to complain about political correctness. I've just always considered humanity to be at the genus level, not the species level.
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