Comment on Neanderthals wouldn't be considered a person under U.S law
Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 months agoMuch more straight forward: we’re actually homo sapiens sapiens (twice, because we’re extra smart, y’know), they’re homo sapiens neanderthalensis.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 10 months ago
That’s the criteria for distinguishing species and subspecies, though, isn’t it? If two specimen can produce non-sterile offspring, they’re the same species.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 months ago
Oh that’s what you were saying, now I see. Yes, that’s usually true. I thought you were saying because modern humans have Neanderthal ancestors, we’re the same species.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, also yes, ipso facto? If we’re offspring of sapiens sapiens and sapiens neanderthalis, that means they had viable offsprings together, therefore they’re the same species, QED…
Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 months ago
I wasn’t disagreeing.
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s what I was taught 35-years ago, but from comments I’ve read, I gather there’s a lot of disagreement in biology these days.