¿Multiplicar los géneros o mover las especies? Una nueva propuesta taxonómica para la familia hominidae
Resumen
To multiply the genus or to move the species? A new taxonomical proposal for the hominids family
Recent findings and analyses have enriched our knowledge of the human lineage, forcing us to question once more the taxonomy of hominids. On the one hand, new genera are proposed so as to accommodate recently discovered specimens. On the other, the generic position of early hominids has been changing with the purpose of avoiding paraphyletic groups. We argue that multiplying genera may not be the best solution to improve the taxonomy of the Hominidae. Accepting that any genus must be an adaptive, particular unit, we propose to apply a suggestion by Darwin for a new taxonomic convention, species germinalis, for classifying doubtful specimens of the human lineage without needing either to designate new genera or to switch taxa from one genus to another. The family Hominidae can, by this means, be classified in terms of four genera and three subfamilies.
Key words: Taxonomy, Philogenetics, genus, species, species germinalis, Paleoanthropology, Hominidae, Homininae, Preanthropinae, Australopithecinae.
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