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Topic	Why aren't the other great apes considered human?
The Admiral 04/11/17 1:04:41 PM #11:	weapon_d00d816 posted... The Admiral posted... Scientifically, only homo sapiens are humans. Since they're not the same species (and can't interbreed with humans), they're not humans. Outside of that, while they're intelligent and high functioning, they don't possess human-level consciousness, which is a key differentiator. The entire Homo genus is often referred to as human in scientific context, so Neanderthals, Homo erectus, etc. True, but none of those are still around, so homo sapiens are the only species at this point that are human. --- - The Admiral <cite>The Admiral posted [p:876986088] in Why aren't... [t:75225157]...</cite> <quote><cite>weapon_d00d816 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote>Scientifically, only homo sapiens are humans. Since they're not the same species (and can't interbreed with humans), they're not humans. Outside of that, while they're intelligent and high functioning, they don't possess human-level consciousness, which is a key differentiator.</quote> The entire Homo genus is often referred to as human in scientific context, so Neanderthals, Homo erectus, etc.</quote> True, but none of those are still around, so homo sapiens are the only species at this point that are human. --- - The Admiral</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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