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EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
卷 31, 期 5, 页码 240-244出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21954
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Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene); decolonizing science; hominin taxonomy; Homo bodoensis; International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [RGPIN-201904113]
- DFG, Words Bones Genes Tools, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
The article proposed a new species, Homo bodoensis, to replace the problematic taxa of Homo heidelbergensis and Homo rhodesiensis. After receiving two independent responses, it was concluded that Homo bodoensis is a better solution than the proposed alternatives.
In our original paper, we proposed a new species, Homo bodoensis, to replace the problematical taxa Homo heidelbergensis and Homo rhodesiensis, with the goal of streamlining communication about human evolution in the Chibanian. We received two independent responses. Given their substantial overlap, we provide one combined reply. In this response: (1) we are encouraged that the primary proposal in our paper, to discontinue the use of H. heidelbergensis (as a junior synonym to Homo neanderthalensis) due to its' nomenclatural problems, is acknowledged. (2) we provide additional clarification about the rules governing taxonomic nomenclature as outlined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and join the growing calls for a revision to these rules. (3) we discuss further why H. rhodesiensis should be abandoned, particularly in light of the current sensitivity to using culturally inappropriate names. We conclude that H. bodoensis is a better solution than the proposed alternatives.
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