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Philogenetic taxonomies may suffer from this, yes. Ontological classification is a different ball game. Any "rational animal" in the universe qualifies as "huma

• jeremyjh 5y ago
  I think the term "people" is better. Neanderthals were clearly people, even if they were a different species.
  • errcorrectcode 5y ago
    They're (i.e., H. habilis) already classified as "Archaic humans." To call every H. "human" or "people" is ridiculous.
  • coldacid 5y ago
    Any entity of genus Homo is (or was) human. Just not necessarily culturally or physiologically modern.
    • errcorrectcode 5y ago
      That's not what the word means. Trying to redefine language for political correctness reasons is absurd. Smh.
      • coldacid 5y ago
        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.