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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8873521" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>The use of trinomial nomenclature in zoology is for naming subspecies. Modern humans have been described as a subspecies of <em>Homo sapiens. </em>I.e. <em>Homo sapiens sapiens. </em>This is because certain other groups of archaic humans have been described as subspecies of <em>Homo sapiens, </em>most notably <em>Homo s. heidelbergensis, Homo s. idaltu, </em>and <em>Homo s. neanderthalensis </em>which was proposed in 1864 as an alternative to classifying neanderthals as a separate species, requiring the reclassification of modern humans as a subspecies of <em>Homo sapiens. G</em>enetic evidence in the modern human genome for interbreeding between archaic humans and modern humans would suggest to me subspecies classifications for neanderthals, denisovans, and several other as yet unidentified groups.</p><p></p><p>My reasoning for including humans (and halflings), elves, and orcs/goblins/kobolds in the same species (<em>Homo sapiens) </em>is the possibility for interbreeding among these three groupings, using the common definition of <em>species. </em>Pairings between humans and elves in particular seem to occur "in the wild" naturally and with the willingness of both parties. Also, humans, halflings, and elves as a group seem "anatomically modern" in a way that would support their inclusion in our subspecies. Pairings between orcs and humans, on the other hand, while possible, might be seen as unnatural, so I've put orcs, goblinoids, and kobolds in their own subpsecies which is also supported by their having some rather pronounced morphological differences from anatomically modern humans.</p><p></p><p>I'm a bit torn about dwarves and gnomes who are typically not depicted as interbreeding with other groups, which would warrant their classification as a separate species or even a distinct genus. The thing is they <em>look </em>quite human, especially compared to the goblinoids, and I've grown accustomed to imagining them as analogous to the neanderthals, so on that basis I included them as a subspecies of <em>Homo sapiens. </em>I may have to rethink this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 8873521, member: 6787503"] The use of trinomial nomenclature in zoology is for naming subspecies. Modern humans have been described as a subspecies of [I]Homo sapiens. [/I]I.e. [I]Homo sapiens sapiens. [/I]This is because certain other groups of archaic humans have been described as subspecies of [I]Homo sapiens, [/I]most notably [I]Homo s. heidelbergensis, Homo s. idaltu, [/I]and [I]Homo s. neanderthalensis [/I]which was proposed in 1864 as an alternative to classifying neanderthals as a separate species, requiring the reclassification of modern humans as a subspecies of [I]Homo sapiens. G[/I]enetic evidence in the modern human genome for interbreeding between archaic humans and modern humans would suggest to me subspecies classifications for neanderthals, denisovans, and several other as yet unidentified groups. My reasoning for including humans (and halflings), elves, and orcs/goblins/kobolds in the same species ([I]Homo sapiens) [/I]is the possibility for interbreeding among these three groupings, using the common definition of [I]species. [/I]Pairings between humans and elves in particular seem to occur "in the wild" naturally and with the willingness of both parties. Also, humans, halflings, and elves as a group seem "anatomically modern" in a way that would support their inclusion in our subspecies. Pairings between orcs and humans, on the other hand, while possible, might be seen as unnatural, so I've put orcs, goblinoids, and kobolds in their own subpsecies which is also supported by their having some rather pronounced morphological differences from anatomically modern humans. I'm a bit torn about dwarves and gnomes who are typically not depicted as interbreeding with other groups, which would warrant their classification as a separate species or even a distinct genus. The thing is they [I]look [/I]quite human, especially compared to the goblinoids, and I've grown accustomed to imagining them as analogous to the neanderthals, so on that basis I included them as a subspecies of [I]Homo sapiens. [/I]I may have to rethink this. [/QUOTE]
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