Re: New Arvorec words

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Roger Mills wrote:

> encounter other intelligent species, what Latin names will we give them?
> Assuming (pace Le Guin) they are essentially human in form, would we have
> e.g. Homo sapiens Hainensis, or H.s. Gethenensis?  Perhaps the Kash could be
We would not call them "Homo" because generic names must be specific.
This, of course, violates a basic philosophical premise, but it is the
rules of modern taxonomy.  They could be called anything not already
taken.  Indeed, given the hard-line cladistics dominating modern
taxonomy, there might be a movement afoot to set up a complete different
set of kingdoms for each planet.

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