...] Thanks for raising the point about why speciesism is any more ethical than racism or egotism. From a selection standpoint, my unrelated neighbor is more of a competitive threat than a chimpanzee, so why shouldn't I be willing to sacrifice my neighbor in the interests of research? Is empathy for "charismatic megafauna" a byproduct of our nervous system that was selected for ...

... species level, rather than somewhere else? I can imagine chauvinists of various sorts drawing the line at different places. One might have, for example, phylum chauvinists, order chauvinists, genus chauvinists, species chauvinists, sub-species chauvinists, kin-group chauvinists, nuclear family chauvinists, or even sociopaths who are only interested in number one. Why is drawing the line ...

"Flarky" <Rexun...@yahoo.com> wrote: I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Since finches, otters, and several other non-primates are known tool users, tool use in and of itself isn't a reason...

... PM: Flarky wrote: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? I most fervently hope not. This is Political Correctness carried to the very ...

Flarky wrote: Hi, I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that some taxonomists thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? I most fervently hope not. This is Political Correctness carried to the very brink of ...

...heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, ...idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea... Hylobates is brought in. 'Apes'? Homo and australopiths are grouped at ... (hominin). Gorilla, chimps, australopiths, and Homo are grouped together at the ... Ponginae (pongine). The great apes (Homo, australopiths, chimps, gorillas, orangs, etc) ...

...>I heard some time ago that because chimpanzee can make and use tools, that ... thought it would be a good idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. Has this idea gotten any traction? Hmm. No one seems .... Twenty five years ago, australopithicines and Homo were referred to as hominids, ... The terminology has now been bumped, so Homo and Australo are called hominins, H+...

... idea to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. snippage A species...behavioral similiarity alone seldom defines a genus. In order to have a genus...we give these species their own genus designations. This isn't based on... keep them in the same genus. What matters are things like ... they would have their own genus designation. There is sort of ...

..., some people have argued that humans and chimps should be in the same genus due to the extent of genetic similarity. There are a huge ... of cases where more genetically different species are included in the same genus. Of course, this rule would also require bringing in bonobos and all gorillas into our genus. I feel certain that this reclassification will not happen in the ...

... to put it in the genus Homo alongside humans. snippage A ... similiarity alone seldom defines a genus. In order to have a genus one has to be able to share, well, genes. Hmmm...give these species their own genus designations. This isn't based...keep them in the same genus. What matters are things like...they would have their own genus designation. There is sort of...