Octarine
The Eighth Colour
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Do you consider the taxonomic designation of Homo sapiens to be justified?
Some consider Homo sapiens to be a rather arrogant classification as it is merely based on a minor qualitative difference between this species and prior species.
There is of course a wonderful list of alternatives on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_names_for_the_human_species
Do you think any of these are more suitable?
I happen to like Homo mendax myself, or perhaps one that emphasises our egotistical nature.
Some consider Homo sapiens to be a rather arrogant classification as it is merely based on a minor qualitative difference between this species and prior species.
There is of course a wonderful list of alternatives on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_names_for_the_human_species
Do you think any of these are more suitable?
I happen to like Homo mendax myself, or perhaps one that emphasises our egotistical nature.