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Interesting, surprising and unsurprising all at once. We can all probably think of a bunch of animals that morphologically or phenotypically appear different bu
by ajeet_dhaliwal 8y ago
Interesting, surprising and unsurprising all at once. We can all probably think of a bunch of animals that morphologically or phenotypically appear different but are the same species. An alien observer may at first glance may even think this of humans, when looking at a growth stunted person very short/skinny person (perhaps due to malnutrition or other reasons) and a morbidly obese person.
- ummonk 8y agoOr just different skin tones, hair colors and textures, facial features such as skin around the eyes, body shapes, etc. If alien biologists were trying to discover a bunch of new species (as human biologists do), they would be classifying humans as a bunch of different species.
- jabgrabdthrow 8y agoThe another alien biologist would discredit the first by pointing out they are in fact different subspecies but all the same species, by definition of species and subspecies