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I wonder if multiple talking species can possibly coexist, or if one of them inevitably ends up destroying it's competitors.

Ar-Curunir 8y ago
Multiple human species existed at the same time, but got assimilated into Homo sapiens sapiens of today.
- MichaelMoser123 8y ago
  Wikipedia says that there is no consensus if they assimilated or not https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_humans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_humans
amelius 8y ago
Given the problems between human races, I'd say the latter.
- blattimwind 8y ago
  Humans aren't divided into races.
  - close04 8y ago
    Of course we do: car races, bike races, but also human races yes. You may be confusing race and (sub)species.
    - jobigoud 8y ago
      > You may be confusing race and (sub)species There is a stigma with the word race and in many places (i.e. Europe) we learn that there is only one Human race, and only one Human species, as opposed to several "ethnic groups". Although the difference between race and ethnic group is vague. I've always wondered if it was just a taboo or not.
      - close04 8y ago
        Race is indeed an ambiguous term in general, as there are overlaps. But I have to wonder whether it's the stigma associated to the word especially post WW2 and Nazi eugenics that made some anthropologists reconsider and say "most differences are cultural". There are obvious aesthetic (not functional) differences between populations. These are enough to distinguish between races within other species so I'm having a hard time finding an authoritative explanation for why it would be different for humans. I find no challenge in treating people as equals without the need to think they are the same race so such an argument based on sociology is not as convincing as a biological one.
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    - Koshkin 8y ago
      > car races, bike races, but also human races That's what using a human language does to you. Other species do not have such issues, as they do not muck up their thought process with words.
- vbuwivbiu 8y ago
  races are a mythical artifact from Victorian times
- MichaelMoser123 8y ago
  Some say that bonobo apes are layed back and less aggressive than chimps, but others say that in captivity they behave very differently than in the wild. Go figure ...

Ar-Curunir 8y ago

Multiple human species existed at the same time, but got assimilated into Homo sapiens sapiens of today.

MichaelMoser123 8y ago
Wikipedia says that there is no consensus if they assimilated or not https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_humans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_humans

amelius 8y ago

Given the problems between human races, I'd say the latter.

blattimwind 8y ago
Humans aren't divided into races.
- close04 8y ago
  Of course we do: car races, bike races, but also human races yes. You may be confusing race and (sub)species.
  - jobigoud 8y ago
    > You may be confusing race and (sub)species There is a stigma with the word race and in many places (i.e. Europe) we learn that there is only one Human race, and only one Human species, as opposed to several "ethnic groups". Although the difference between race and ethnic group is vague. I've always wondered if it was just a taboo or not.
    - close04 8y ago
      Race is indeed an ambiguous term in general, as there are overlaps. But I have to wonder whether it's the stigma associated to the word especially post WW2 and Nazi eugenics that made some anthropologists reconsider and say "most differences are cultural". There are obvious aesthetic (not functional) differences between populations. These are enough to distinguish between races within other species so I'm having a hard time finding an authoritative explanation for why it would be different for humans. I find no challenge in treating people as equals without the need to think they are the same race so such an argument based on sociology is not as convincing as a biological one.
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  - Koshkin 8y ago
    > car races, bike races, but also human races That's what using a human language does to you. Other species do not have such issues, as they do not muck up their thought process with words.
vbuwivbiu 8y ago
races are a mythical artifact from Victorian times
MichaelMoser123 8y ago
Some say that bonobo apes are layed back and less aggressive than chimps, but others say that in captivity they behave very differently than in the wild. Go figure ...