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We wouldn't be able to mate with Nakalipithecus nakayamai, so they are indeed a distinct species despite being our ancestor.
by lappa 10y ago
We wouldn't be able to mate with Nakalipithecus nakayamai, so they are indeed a distinct species despite being our ancestor.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoBy this criterion, there are very, very few bacterial species.
- Scarblac 10y agoOr rather, each bacterium is its own species?
- thaumasiotes 10y agoWhy? Bacteria exchange DNA with each other.
- manifestsilence 10y agoI seem to recall this being the reason the sexual reproduction definition of species is considered problematic. It's a convenient definition for animals but breaks down for most other things, and even the animal kingdom has some funky edge cases, like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebroid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebroid.