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South Betoota girl Sally Alcorn’s best friend Josie is 22 today, she is also a human – that’s according to a touching Facebook tribute that has clarified that Josie is indeed a descendant of the hominins species who first used fire and occupied much of Eurasia.

“Happy birthday to this human <3” posts Sally.

“Couldn’t ask for a better human to call my best friend”

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina, a branch of the tribe Hominini belonging to the family of great apes. They are characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion; high manual dexterity and heavy tool use compared to other animals; and a general trend toward larger, more complex brains and societies.

While last year’s birthday post covered the trials and tribulations of their rock solid friendship since their first year out of school, this year’s post was a lot more simple – and has been of great convenience to Sally’s friends who weren’t sure if she hung around with other homosapiens socially.

Further more to Sally’s claim, Josie’s response in the comments section is also quite humanlike.

“Thanks girl. You’re my favourite human too <3”

Other humans interacted with these posts using hearts emojis. A symbol commonly associated with the human emotion of love.