[equaviator]

"proteins from the tooth enamel of six fossils dating back around 400,000 years -- five men and one woman"

It's hard to think of them as being men and women when you're talking about it being almost half a million years ago.

[alexander_busek]

It's hard to think of them as being men and women when you're talking about it being almost half a million years ago.

You're thinking that it's wrong to characterize them as binary? You would maybe prefer "...them as being two-spirits and lesbians?"

Seriously: They were undeniably members of the genus Homo - hence: humans.

Regards,