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To: KarlInOhio

Nowhere in the article does it make any mention of considering chimps to be human.

In the new scientific name, "Homo" (the genus name) means "man".

162 posted on 05/20/2003 7:20:27 PM PDT by Bigg Red

To: Bigg Red

In the new scientific name, "Homo" (the genus name) means "man".

It's the definition of "genus" that's important here.

232 posted on 05/21/2003 12:24:19 AM PDT by MattAMiller (Iraq was liberated in my name, how about yours?)

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