Where did we come from? Part IV
Previously we discussed Part I : Domain Eukaryota --> Kingdom Animalia --> Phylum Chordata Part II : Class Mammalia --> Order Primates Part III : Family Hominidae I recommend you go through Part III if you'd like a recap. Our report card says we've successfully filtered our genes down to the tribe Hominini (which is why we're called hominins) which is then divided into 3 subtribes: subtribe Panina (who we've outsmarted), subtribe Australopithecina (who we've outlived) and subtribe Hominina (that's us). After this long-winded journey that weened out trait after trait that wouldn't do, we arrived at the genus Homo. HOMO A lot of us are aware that the we belong to the species Homo sapiens . What is not common knowledge is that all species belonging to the genus Homo are technically humans. Homo, in Latin, means 'human' and it's obvious that when this genus was named so, we didn't expect to find remains of ot...