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• Oldest Evidence of Toolmaking Hominins in a Grassland-Dominated Ecosystem

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[JoeProBono]

[dr_lew]

"Over the last few years, the word "hominin" has crept into the public news stories about our human ancestors. This is not a misspelling for hominid; this reflects an evolutionary change in the understanding of what it means to be human."

"...So, scientists split the Hominoids into two subfamilies: Ponginae (orangutans) and Homininae (humans and their ancestors, and chimps and gorillas). But, we still need a way to discuss humans and their ancestors as a separate group, so researchers have proposed a further breakdown of the Homininae subfamily, to include Hominini (humans and their ancestors), Panini (chimps), and Gorillini (gorillas)."

- From Hominin, About.com

These developments have been under the cultural radar. I had been aware that chimps had been placed into the same subfamily as humans, unbeknowst to the general public, who continue to refer to chimps as "monkeys," for crying out loud. But I had not heard of "Hominin", which is nothing but an abrogation of the newly pronounced "Homininae".

[ZULU]

This fits in with my own theories about human evolution.

We are the only Primates to habitually walk upright.

We are the only primates to have entirely freed our hands for use.

We are the only primates to have lost our canines.

We are the only primates to feed to such a large degree on meat.

ERGO, before modern “humans” came to be, our immediate ancestors were actually “formed” by the use of weapons in food getting and later fighting.

WE really are “The Killer Apes”.

[colorado tanker]

Zebra - it’s what’s for dinner!