Talk:Hominoid

'Homo' is Latin for man, but where does the use of 'homo' as 'the same' come from (i.e. homozygous, homosexual, homogenous, etc)?--BlackGriffen


 * A quick web search suggests that the second usage is from greek.

Yes. Greek homos is cognate with English same. It's unrelated to Latin homo. --Zundark, 2001 Dec 16

I doubt that the Latin "homo" is unrelated. Consider that men formulated the language. One way to refer to other men is "the same [as myself]". Just speculation, though.--BlackGriffen

Latin homo is apparently related to humus ("ground" or "earth"), so the meaning is something like "creature of the earth". The Latin words from the same Indo-European source as Greek homos and English same are things like simul and similis. --Zundark, 2001 Dec 16

Some have argued that ergaster and erectus are two separate lines; some have argued that sapiens and neanderhalensis are both descended from hiedelbergensis -- I think it is too soon to identify ergaster and heidelbergensis as subspecies of specific species. Either the article providde alternate arrangements, or, I propose, it should just provide a list of various specis (perhaps providing approximate dates) without making any argument about taxanomic arrangement. Slrubenstein

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