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To: Fedora
The headline itself is confusing. It assumes there is more than one human species. I think there is only one human species. But I am not such an authority as "study."
Our Species Mated With Other Human Species, Study Says
235 posted on 10/06/2004 10:20:41 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA

Man is not an animal species (I know, I know, it's 'debatable')...


244 posted on 10/06/2004 10:51:03 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a veil for MASS MURDERS. Save your time...)
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To: ValerieUSA

"The headline itself is confusing. It assumes there is more than one human species."

Yes, that's one of the problematic underlying issues I was getting at. Anthropologists of different schools will define "human" differently depending on their philosophical perspective. Some models of human nature recognize a qualitative difference between human intelligence and animal psychology, others view these as a continuum so that physiological similarities become the defining characteristic of "species". It's difficult to resolve the type of issue the article raises without addressing such underlying issues.


247 posted on 10/06/2004 11:55:53 AM PDT by Fedora
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