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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by dyauspitr on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @01:09PM (#43484384)
No the homo genus includes everything from something barely distinguishable from an gorilla all the way to modern humans.
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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by IAmBroom on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @02:14PM (#43485096)
Only if you can't tell a gorilla from a chimpanzee.

Neither are first-cousins to Homo, which is descended from genii since the split from the shoot that Bonobos came from.

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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by dkarl on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @05:16PM (#43487391)
All homo species are or were bipedal tool users and descended from ancestors that had been bipedal tool users for a million years prior. You wouldn't get them confused with a gorilla.
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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by dyauspitr on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @09:11PM (#43489412)
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/files/2016/10/Homo-habilis-r...

Homo habilis looks like a slight shorter haired gorilla.

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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by IAmBroom on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @11:21PM (#43490091)
No.

You're confusing chimps with gorillas.

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Re:Fragment of a human face aged over one million years disc... by dkarl on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:06AM (#43493826)
Here's video of a gorilla that is famous for its ability and propensity for walking upright. If you want to tell me you would find this "barely distinguishable" from homo habilis, I don't think I'd be doing you a service by believing you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYzogbTs0w

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