Homo paniscus

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Etymology

A reassignment of Pan paniscus into the genus Homo based on the idea that bonobos share essentially human qualities.

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Homo paniscus m

  1. (neologism) A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – an alternative name for Pan paniscus (bonobo).
    • 2013, Jim E Murphy, Confessions of a ChimpManZee, Portraits of Earth Press
      There were now three known species of humans on the planet: Homo sapiens, Homo troglodytes, and Homo paniscus.
    • 2014, Russell H. Tuttle, Apes and Human Evolution (in English), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 27:
      Their scheme mirrors that of Diamond, who proposed that, as a third chimpanzee, Homo sapiens is congeneric with Homo troglodytes and Homo paniscus.

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