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To: mlc9852
How are modern humans defined?

Humans that fall within the broad range of variation of the existing normal human population. Neanderthals in general fall outside that range. Were they a different species? Hard to say, but probably not, at least not by the normal biological species definition.

You appear to expect humans to wear a bar code defining them as either human or not human. Biology isn't like that. Categories are fuzzy.

512 posted on 02/01/2006 4:01:18 AM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: Right Wing Professor
Seems to me defining a human wouldn't be so difficult. And I just don't understand the differentiation between modern human and whatever else you would call them. If there is no specific delineation, wouldn't there be overlaps?
513 posted on 02/01/2006 4:08:46 AM PST by mlc9852
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