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My own nitpick is that 'humanity' is the condition of being humane — and a condition has neither ancestors nor skulls. The correct phrase IMHO would have been
by zeveb 7y ago
My own nitpick is that 'humanity' is the condition of being humane — and a condition has neither ancestors nor skulls. The correct phrase IMHO would have been 'the skull of man's ancestor' or 'the skull of mankind's ancestor.' Or if one just really really wants to be So Woke It Hurts™ I suppose one could go for 'the skulls of the earliest human ancestor' or somesuch.
- excalibur 7y agoHumanity has multiple definitions. According to Merriam-Webster, #4 would be the applicable one in this context. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanity https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanity