# The Humanity of Denisovans

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**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-humanity-of-denisovans/3998 "2019-01-18T22:59:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-humanity-of-denisovans/3998/3 "2019-01-19T02:24:02Z")

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> [@A Peaceful Science Primer?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-peaceful-science-primer/3963/26):
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> You [Patrick] often insist that early hominids and Neanderthals were human. Many of us here disagree completely and point to modern man as being something spiritually different than his predecessor.

The way I look at this, it is not a factual question. Rather, it is a question of whether we should broaden what we mean by “human” to include earlier hominids. Evidently @Patrick thinks we should, while you are not so sure. I’m neutral on this. So I will just sit back and watch.

I have the impression that Denyse O’Leary (in posts at UD) does at least want to include Neanderthals.

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