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Originally posted by mwrkhan
Modern human beings are Homo Sapiens (the "s" indicates double usage - Sapien Sapien) we have been taught that all our lives, anybody who has finished school knows that. I don't have to point to an authority for this. What next? Point to a reference for the formula of water H2O?
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Modern human being is "homo sapien sapien" NOT "homo sapien". The scientists have clearly defined the terminology. So when Dr Naik said "homo Sapien" he meant "Homo heidelbergensis" which is extinct.(he did not say "homo sapienS"-with a S in the end.(Do you think a medical doctor will be so stupid that he will say current human or "homo sapien sapien" is extinct!! LOL)
Again, i will give reference:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/co...316/humans.htm
http://www.brainchannels.com/evolution/homosapiens.html
Quote from the site:
MYA (4?) Species of Hominids
3 Australopithecus
A. aethiopus, A. africanus, A. garhi (this was the recent discovery from the Awash River )
1 Homo habilis
1.75 MYA
A. boisei, A. robustus
Homo erectus
1 MYA
Homo sapien
Homo neanderthal
Recent
Homo sapien sapien
You can clearly see how "homo sapien sapien" has been differentiated from "homo sapien"
Edited on, April 1, 2005, 11:13 PM GMT, by nayeem007.