To: Varda
Well, Latin humanus is an adjective formed from the noun homo, "human being." So why shouldn't any creature who belongs to the genus Homo be considered human?
To: Verginius Rufus
That may be the view of people who write these stories and it's not a bad point but I think it's confusing. Not in scientific papers which use the species names but in general stories like this one.
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05/04/2018 9:13:49 AM PDT by
Varda
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