Subject: Re: [lojban] Questions and observations about taxonomy

From: the Edward Blevins <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 01:53:18 -0500

On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:43:14AM -0600, Jay Kominek wrote:
> > What exactly does {smani} mean? (asked by me a long time ago, with no answer,
> > and again by nitcion)
> 
> primate significantly below humans on the evolutionary ladder?

According to the gismu list, it includes chimpanzees and if that is the case
it should certainly include humans. Humans are closer to chimpanzees than either
is to the other primates.

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