arundelo comments on Beware of Stephen J. Gould - Less Wrong

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Comment author: arundelo 31 May 2012 02:48:21AM *  1 point [-]

(are we really different enough from chimps to justify a separate genus?)

I think there's a good argument that we are. (But I do not actually advocate a terminological change and am happy to let the biologists cut reality along whatever joints are convenient for them.)

Edit: By "terminological change" I mean the one suggested in the linked quote.