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Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by NateEag on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:13PM (#32266353)
I have seen the word "sapient" used to delineate the ways in which humans seem to differ from most animals.
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Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by thriftwy on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:21PM (#32266469)
I expected that, but it's highly likely that Neanderthals and/or Habilis would also qualify as sentient (old definition), whereas it would be confusing to say that they are both "sapient".
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