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The article describes them as a different species — but doesn’t that mean we should not have been able to create viable offspring with them? What am I misunders
by barbariangrunge 4y ago
The article describes them as a different species — but doesn’t that mean we should not have been able to create viable offspring with them? What am I misunderstanding?
- Vecr 4y agoSpecies are somewhat arbitrary, basically at the time of species categorization was it common to think reproduction within this fuzzy group was more common than in some other proposed categorization, or something like that. Probably even less effort was put into it than that in some cases, some people just want to name a "species", no matter how dubious it is. Your definition must not say various sub-Saharan African groups are different species, despite their genetic diversity, or for that matter that there are more than one currently existent Human species, otherwise quite a few people will get mad.