Re: Homo heidelbergensis

Bill Turkel (turkel@unixg.ubc.ca)
26 May 1994 20:20:44 GMT

In article <2s2agp$e6b@rebecca.albany.edu>,
NICHOLLS PHILIP A <pn8886@thor.albany.edu> wrote:

>I also don't think we need to include them in Homo sapiens, that our
>reasons for doing so (this also applies to neandertals)is sociological
>rather than scientific.

What sort of scientific evidence would you look for to decide whether
or not a hominid should be included in _Homo sapiens_? (If this is a
stupid question, could you suggest some literature?)

Bill