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Originally Posted by Chalice Yao  EEET.
Monkeys are not our species. Neanderthals are. They are humans. They are a different subcategory of humans, one that existed a long time ago, but they are humans. |
Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species...the classification of all life on Earth.
Chimps are in the Pan genus.
Humans are in the Homo genus, same as the Neanderthal.
If we use the scientific definition, they (Neanderthal) are the same thing as us.
If we use some other definition that you've made up, then they may not be.