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reply posted on 6-7-2011 @ 12:09 AM by korathin
Originally posted by halfoldman
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post by bhornbuckle75


Fair enough, but also a question of naming: apples and pears?

It is in fact Pye who questions the assumptions of labels like "pre-humans".
What is really "human" about them?

In human evolution, how quickly can it happen?
How many intermediate species could there really be in 200 000 years?
Are there "intermediate races" right now?
That was commonly believed about the Bushmen and aborigines only a few decades ago.
But I bet nobody will actually argue that now - we are clearly all Homo Sapiens.
How far will anyone take the argument on evolving (intermediate) species when applied to humans?

Even science admits most of them hominids were dead-ends, and probably not our direct ancestors.
Or, since political correctness has invaded paleontology, they just call them our "cousins" (whatever that means).
edit on 12-6-2011 by halfoldman because: (no reason given)


The truth of the matter is, it isn't PC to talk about modern humans. If we held humanity to the same standard of classification that we hold extinct species and existing species we could only come to the conclusion that humanity as we acknowledge it doesn't exist.

The races of Humanity are more like sub-species then a singular species. And aborigines brains are greatly different then any other sub-species of humanity. If you took a Sub-Sahara Black African and painted their skin color a white-ish/pink they wouldn't look Caucasian by a long shot.

It is nothing to be ashamed of or fearful of, it just is. And the sooner closed minded people get over that fact the better. Because the notion "we are all the same" cost's lives. The different sub-species of humanity have different medical(and I wouldn't be surprised if we had slight differences in ideal diet) needs.

A pill that could treat a Caucasian American could hurt an African American(and vice versa). Besides different species can inter-mix, but most of the time the offspring is sterile. Most of the time, but not all of the time.
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