1. There are many ways to define species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species#Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species#Definition 2. We can't actuall

1. There are many ways to define species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species#Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species#Definition 2. We can't actually test sexual reproduction of extinct "species" 3. Even if we go with the one definition of species which is "largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring", evidence of some reproduction does not speak to how often such reproduction led to fertile offspring. For example "No evidence of Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA has been found in modern humans"[1], and "Neanderthal males might not have had viable male offspring with Anatomically modern humans females"[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbreeding_between_archaic_and_modern_humans#Mitochondrial_DNA_and_Y_chromosome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbreeding_between_archaic_... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_genetics#Interbreeding_with_modern_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_genetics#Interbree...