Talk:Introduction to Paleoanthropology/Definition

Because of this, the concept of an ecological niche does not apply to humans anymore.

I think this is debatable, and should probably be removed. We can operate outside our ecological niche -- on submarines in the ocean or scuba diving with breathing tanks, with special cold-weather equipment on the highest mountains or even on spacecraft beyond the atmosphere -- but we still have an ecological niche.

Also, I think it might be wise in this first chapter to either avoid using the hominoid/hominid/hominin terms completely or else take the time to define them right off. It can be confusing enough to remember which is which even when you know what they are, much less if you're new to the field and don't realize they're really separate terms and not just variant spellings of the same term.--Bedawyn 02:45, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)