Ape skulls? Human? Hominid?

There's also the big issue of just what IS and ape or man?The terms Ape and Man carry enormous connotative baggage that can really be misleading. This is true even today. Modern studies seem to indicate that the Chimpanzee is more closely related to Humans than to the Gorilla. Yet people looking at the Chimpanzee see APE. They look at a human and see MAN. Very few look at either of them and see PRIMATE or HOMO.It is even harder as you move back in the fossil record. Where you place a skull, whether it is called APE or Man or something else is fraught with the perils of language.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

There have been some pretty strong grumblings from the other side as well. Most of the Chimps I've talked to aren't all that happy about being included in Homo. They feel it's a real step down.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion