I always assumed they would consider different species to be about the same as different races or maybe even different tribes. They don’t know about genetics; who’s to say “hairy” isn’t just another skin color?
Huh that makes me wonder, how different even were the races within Homo sapiens during those days? I kind of always assumed that there wasn’t as much difference back then because the species hadn’t had much time to diversify yet, but no idea where that assumption comes from. Really should look it up
I always assumed they would consider different species to be about the same as different races or maybe even different tribes. They don’t know about genetics; who’s to say “hairy” isn’t just another skin color?
Huh that makes me wonder, how different even were the races within Homo sapiens during those days? I kind of always assumed that there wasn’t as much difference back then because the species hadn’t had much time to diversify yet, but no idea where that assumption comes from. Really should look it up