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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:22 AM
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Poor Neanderthals. So many times, somebody wants to call someone
an uncomplimentary name, they call that person a Neanderthal.

Which is an insult to the Neanderthals. How about "moran" or "yahoo?"

Any others?
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  - why don't they call people homo habilis?  datasuspect   Jul-31-07 08:25 AM   #1 
  - Which one is present-day people? We can use that term. nt  raccoon   Jul-31-07 08:29 AM   #2 
     - homo sapiens  datasuspect   Jul-31-07 08:34 AM   #3 
        - It doesn't sound pejorative, though. nt  raccoon   Jul-31-07 08:42 AM   #4 
  - Especially since they had larger brains than Homo Sapiens.  cobalt1999   Jul-31-07 08:42 AM   #5 
 
datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:25 AM
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1. why don't they call people homo habilis?
or homo erectus?
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:29 AM
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2. Which one is present-day people? We can use that term. nt
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:34 AM
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3. homo sapiens
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:42 AM
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4. It doesn't sound pejorative, though. nt
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 08:42 AM
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5. Especially since they had larger brains than Homo Sapiens.
They had an average brain size of 1500cc vs. our 1400cc. So when calling the insult, the person is accidentally giving a compliment.
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