Re: Homo sapiens.

António Marques wrote:

So let's see how the text of the 'Smithsonian Institution' you partially
quote continues:

'In hindsight, this seems strange since ER 1470 is now considered to
belong to a species distinct from _H. habilis_.'

And then it continues to discuss /Homo habilis/. I bet your other references do the same, contrary to your claim that /Homo habilis/ is not a valid species.

As for the early (and never abandoned) matter with _H. habilis_, it was
that it didn't look well inside _Homo_. Otoh, it didn't look well inside
_Australopithecus_ either. Now, if one considers it as _Homo_, then

Babble, babble.

The genus of the species, or the classification of specific fossils into it, might be debatable. Your statement was about the species itself not being valid. It was a pointless off-topic statement in this group. The only issue relevant to the question that was asked was that the species part of the name /Homo habilis/ might relate to the misunderstanding about the word "homo" - and this was something that I had already mentioned.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: new description of the AAT group
    ... I'm referring how since the beginning of life species have been ... the hominid family tree grows new ... Homo habilis ...
    (sci.bio.evolution)
  • Re: Human Evolution, Step by Step
    ... Human Evolution, Step by Step ... it's worth knowing what most scientists say. ... species of gibbon are to each other. ... we're dealing with a "human," or Homo, species. ...
    (sci.anthropology.paleo)
  • Re: H.floresiensis
    ... Primitive Homo populations = island forms? ... MORE bizarre, extinct human species? ... be uncovered in Indonesia's southern islands, ... discoverer of the "hobbit" set to begin fresh diggings next month. ...
    (sci.anthropology.paleo)
  • Hobbit species may not have been human
    ... the genus Homo". ... Hobbit species may not have been human ... AFTER five years of arguments over the so-called hobbits, ... Africa "possibly before the evolution of the genus Homo". ...
    (sci.archaeology)
  • Re: Faster Than A Hyena?
    ... After some research I see there is evidence that early homo (pre- ... erectus) did make it out of Africa, and on re-reading Leakey, I see ... that all species of homo, including the early/questionable ones, were ... was more recent (Homo sapiens) and could not be derived directly ...
    (sci.anthropology.paleo)