Neanderthals wouldn't be considered a person under U.S law

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• ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not true, both modern humans and Neanderthals are subspecies of Homo sapiens.

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  • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was going to say, weren’t humans and Neanderthals interbreeding in some cases

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Species is a construct meant to impose a binary on a complicated reality. The division between us and Neanderthals was in the grey area. We were able to interbreed, and we did so, but it was absolutely nothing like when two groups of sapiens interact over a long period of time. You can’t separate the Gauls from the Romans in France for example. Racial separation requires heavy effort in homo sapiens, whereas we’re talking a few percentage points of Neanderthal DNA.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Much more straight forward: we’re actually homo sapiens sapiens (twice, because we’re extra smart, y’know), they’re homo sapiens neanderthalensis.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s a point of debate. The prevailing view is that Homo neanderthalensis is a distinct species.

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• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Local Man Devastated to Discover Modern Laws Do Not Specifically Cover Ancient, Extinct, Subspecies.

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• s@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What about test tube babies? Or corporations?

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Test tube babies are still implanted into a womb and then born.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The law covers things that actually exist. As Neanderthals don’t exist in our time, there’s no point making laws about them. If they existed, there would be laws about them.

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But think of the children!

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• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This basically says that fetuses don’t qualify? If you extract them from the mother, they won’t have a heartbeat or voluntary movements

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What about AI?

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  • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I hate to break it to you, but no AI has been born yet. And it’s also not considered to be homo sapiens.

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    • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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