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Meanings of human genus in English

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Usage of human genus in English
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And, more importantly, which definition of the human genus is the right one?
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Instead, we should define the human genus by looking at our evolutionary tree.
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In 2001, one team of geneticists took an even broader approach to the human genus question.
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He says our conventional picture of the dawn of the human genus needs a slight modification.
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Wood says that, of the three, only H. erectus deserves a place in the human genus.
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Chimpanzees belong in the human genus.
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Many of the scientists who study human evolution would actually deny there is a problem defining the human genus.
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It is things like the shape of our chin and our brow that define the human genus, he says.
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So not only do chimpanzees deserve a place in the human genus, using this genetic definition gorillas should be included too.
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But researchers like Schwartz argue that Linnaeus's decision may help explain why the human genus continues to be so difficult to define.
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Wood says the human genus began when our ancestors finally turned their backs on the trees, and when childhoods began to lengthen.
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In other words, it might be simply duration of existence -not anatomical features or behaviour -that defines the dawn of the human genus.
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Chimpanzees belong in the human genus They found that the typical primate genus is between 11 and 7 million years old.
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Human genus across language varieties
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