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Defining what is and isn't part of a species based on their gut microbiota seems nonsensical. That would imply newborns start out as not human and then turn in
by Aloisius 2y ago
Defining what is and isn't part of a species based on their gut microbiota seems nonsensical.
That would imply newborns start out as not human and then turn into humans when as they develop a gut biome and people that have distinct biomes are a separate species.
- troad 2y ago> Defining what is and isn't part of a species based on their gut microbiota seems nonsensical. OP never said this. They said complex organisms are not fully defined solely by their DNA. That is a finer point than the one you're engaging with.