Out of Africa theory challenged

[Xanikk999]

But there are several genera of apes, living and extinct. Arbitrarily excluding Homo (or just one species of it) doesn't make sense.

We are still not in the same genus as apes, so whats your point?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Apes are in several different genera is my point. So saying we are in different genera from apes is saying that one genus of apes is arbitrarily excluded.

 

[Xanikk999]

Apes are in several different genera is my point. So saying we are in different genera from apes is saying that one genus of apes is arbitrarily excluded.

Depends which ape you are talking about. Great apes all belong to one genus.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

No they don't . . .

 

[Xanikk999]

No they don't . . .

Hmm i meant gorillas. Sorry about that.

When i think of an ape i dont think of orangutans.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Or chimpanzees, who are closer to us than to gorillas?

 

[Xanikk999]

Or chimpanzees, who are closer to us than to gorillas?

Well duh, but i have this stereotype in my head whenever i think of a chimpanzee i think of them as monkeys even though they arent.

 

[Leifmk]

Or chimpanzees, who are closer to us than to gorillas?

Indeed there is some debate as to whether Pan and Homo ought to be merged into one genus.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Although, that depends on the definition of genus right? And if we do that, we also have to combine all the genera "between" us and them, like Australopithecus and Paranthropus and whatever else I don't know how to spell correctly, and then Homo will have like a hundred species.