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Anthropology

myccrider

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8. NOT Homo'sapien'...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 20, 2021, 08:38 AM

Aug 2021

Sapiens is our species name and only modern humans are called Homo sapiens. Our genus name is Homo, examples of other species are Homo neanderthalensis for Neanderthals (although some scientists used to consider Neanderthals to be a sub-species of homo sapiens, making us Homo sapiens sapiens and Neanderthals Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, not sure if that’s still used), Homo erectus and Homo floresiensis for the very small ‘Hobbit’ found on the island of Flores, and several more who are part of our genus but not members of our species.

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Meet Nesher Ramla Homo: New form of human found [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP

A new type of homo unknown to science left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #1

NOT Homo'sapien'... myccrider Aug 2021 #8

Interesting . . .. Lovie777 Aug 2021 #2

Add another branch keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #3

I hate the use of the word "primitive" in this context Random Boomer Aug 2021 #4

wish I could rec your post rurallib Aug 2021 #6

Ugh, that ilustration Warpy Aug 2021 #5

"a bunch of obese 45 year old power lifters" left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #7