So would homo erectus be considered bad? Many ppl might think that a very bad combination, but it is just a link in the human evolutionary chain (after the australopithecines). Me being the geek that I am sometimes will call ppl homo habilis or homo erectus or sometimes neanderthalensis when I mean to say they are acting very very old fashioned or crude. I don't think these variations can be blamed on the English language since I think these are scientifically universal names. Like nematodes universally means, in general, worms.
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