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[-] Paraponera_clavata@lemmy.world 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Homo = person/man

Sapiens = wise

What's this bullshit about?

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

And it seems they didn't live in caves either.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

The only thing I can think of is that it's implying that as you get smarter you find cavemen more attractive and consider modern humans to be ugly.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I thought obvious that the joke refers to the misconception some people host that 'homo sapiens' is a less evolved species than modern people, something we out-evolved.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

‘homo sapiens’ is a less evolved species than modern people, something we out-evolved.

who the fuck is thinking this and why?

[-] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

This is a common misconception? What education system is failing people this badly?

[-] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

In my experience, it's usually people trying to overexplain "homo sapiens sapiens" and "homo sapiens neanderthalensis" because they don't know anything about the topic at hand except those words. Subspecies on the character sheet has always been a technicality issue.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 19 points 4 months ago

Fake and Homo sapiens.

[-] Sakychu@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Are "homo sapiens sapiens" then "ugly ugly caveman" or "ugly caveman man"?

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Although, debatably, homo neanderthalensis is not a subspecies of homo sapiens, thus negating the need for a homo sapiens neandterthalensis and homo sapiens sapiens classification differentiation to exist, making homo sapiens always the modern man (who yes, is also an ugly caveman) and homo neanderthalensis the most recent full time ugly caveman.

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

the most recent full time ugly caveman

This is immensely funny. On the other hand, I think there is indeed some debate about sapiens and neanderthalensis not being different species, thus the meme. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/are-neanderthals-same-species-as-us.html

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

I suppose that :

  1. "ugly ugly caveman" -> homo sapiens neanderthalensis
  2. "ugly caveman man" -> homo sapiens sapiens
[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Where's the hetero sapiens, and the bi sapiens?

[-] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

"but they don't live in... Ah nevermind".

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure what this has to do with science...

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is a physical anthropology taxonomy joke. That's absolutely a science.

[-] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

Neanderthal stands for new man valley.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Homo sapiens= ugly cavemen

Homo sapiens sapiens = ugly city's men (us)

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