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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.

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Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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- Uruanna@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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…
  
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  - Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    I wasn’t disagreeing.
    
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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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