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What is a human being if it is not its own species?

I am having a hard time understanding the difference between species. I thought that in order for something to be considered a different species it would have to be so different to the point that one species could not have children with the other species. So this would mean that a Hmo Habilis or a Hmo Erectus could not have children with a Hmo Sapein. Is this why they are considered different species? Hmo Hablilis, Hmo Erectus, and Hmo Sapiens are all considered humans but they are differnt species. So if this is true then Human beings are not their own species? What is a human being if it is not its own species? P.S. I think somebody should fix the banned words because I had to put a instead of an O when ever I was referring to Hmo Sapiens, Erectus, Habilis etc. Kind of annoying when that isn’t a bad word, but a scientific name that classsifies Humans.

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Answer #1

Hmo means “same” in Latin, or Homogenous, as in a mixture all evenly distributed (Homogenized milk) Hmosexual, merely means “same sex” as Hetero means different. There are different species of mankind, but genetically we are close enough to interbreed, usually without any disasterous results (some incompatable blood types, or genetic flaws can affect offspring, within the same species, or cross-species) There is actually no such thing as “race” except in Chemistry. In living things the ordering is as follows: Kingdom (Plant or Animal)

                                            Phylum
                                            Class
                                            Order
                                            Family
                                            Genera
                                            Species  (What some incorrectly term "race")

The cites you listed (Hmo Habilis, Hmo Erectus etc are different Genera) They are also (presumably) extinct. Sorry to have to use the “*” this program is apparently governed by a very ignorant censor that does not know a correct and suitable word, from a slur or vulgarism Someone should explain the Latin scientific words to the robot so it doesn’t block words used correctly, and not in an offensive manner.

Answer #2

I thought that Hmo Sapiens, Hmo Erectus, and Hmo Habilis were of the same Genus because they shared the same Genus Hmo, which means man.

Answer #3

I have no idea but they put the because people often refer to homosexuals as hmo’s and it’s very rude. Next time just make homosapien (etc) one word.

Answer #4

its probably also because there from different periods of time one wouldnt have even got to meet the other because they evolved so much over time although all humans today are still one species, but, just like animals, there are different kinds of us (from different countries, and parts of the world) this is because the enviroment is one pof the main factors for evolution things evolve to suit there enviroment but it will still take many thousands if not millions of years for us to evolve so much that we become that different and by that time wed probably be so far away from each other that all chances of a meeting was impossible

Answer #5

Human being is just one of the million species in the world, with similar characteristics with other kind of species but with different variations (slightly).

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