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That conception of what a species is has been my understanding as well for a long time. It's a very simple and clear concept but apparently biologists have giv
by grondilu 10y ago
That conception of what a species is has been my understanding as well for a long time. It's a very simple and clear concept but apparently biologists have given up on it for various reasons. There's actually a whole wikipedia article about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem
- mikeash 10y agoThat's because the ability to mate and have viable offspring is not anything like a simple and clear concept in some cases. For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species
- Steko 10y agoNothing in your link suggests they've all given up on the concept.
- grondilu 10y agoNot the concept itself, but the aforementioned simple and clear definition.