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MustardTiger I sympathize with the points you are trying to get across (and the undeserved downvotes and careless replies you are getting). Just one thing thoug
by Myrmornis 10y ago
MustardTiger I sympathize with the points you are trying to get across (and the undeserved downvotes and careless replies you are getting). Just one thing though
> We have greater genetic difference between races than ANY example of subspecies in existence.
You went too far with that comment. I think I know what you're trying to say: that if intrahuman genetic divergence and superficial morphology differences were observed in any other organism it would be classified as subspecies, but as a matter of fact there remain many examples of strongly genetically divergent populations in nature that have not been elevated from subspecies to species, and some which are unlikely to be due to known introgression etc.
EDIT: yes I know that introgression doesn't contradict species status for many species definitions, but taxonomy literature is determined by practices local to the community studying the taxon in question and for many taxa introgression is still certainly an argument against classifying as species.
- MustardTiger 10y agoYes, upon further research I see that you are correct. Thanks for the info.