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it's possible to have a more positive take on this - those species did not go entirely extinct, as their genes continue live on within many of us - and thus we
by hunglee2 3y ago
it's possible to have a more positive take on this - those species did not go entirely extinct, as their genes continue live on within many of us - and thus we carry their legacy as much as we do for homo sapien. We might even speciate again one day, should genetic populations isolate again for a time
- lordnacho 3y agoThat's what I understood as well. In a way, they live on with us because they are part of the same species. We know that we have bred with Neanderthals. Why aren't they just considered a branch of humanity? It's normal for some designs to die out in favour of others. Slightly stocky humans with bigger brains. If you met one, I wonder what you'd think in comparison with, say, a person from another culture?
- hunglee2 3y agothis is actually an active argument for the reclassification of neanderthals either directly within homo sapiens, or for a new grouping to created to cover all of these hominids. We have to remember that all taxonomies are flawed, useful simplifications layered onto top of a much more complext biological continuum.
- rhelz 3y agoTrue, but if we go extinct, there is nobody left to preserve our genes.