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