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Anthropology

prodigitalson

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7. So usually the offspring is sterile but not always?

Reply to Warpy (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 01:49 PM

Jun 2021

So would it be safe to say there were enough differences to classify them as separate (human) species, but ones that were more genetically similar than a tiger and a lion or a donkey and a horse?

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If Neanderthals and Sapiens were separate species [View all] prodigitalson May 2021 OP

No, it just seems like some of their political offspring act like mules. marble falls May 2021 #1

I don't know why I never thought to ask the question 70sEraVet May 2021 #2

Not necessarily. Dogs, coyotes, and wolves interbreed with enthusiasm Glorfindel May 2021 #3

Gonna read that tonight. Aren't dogs, coyotes and wolves prodigitalson May 2021 #5

Ligers, and Tigons and ??!??!!! Oh, my! ; ) electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #12

The concept of "species" is fuzzy Random Boomer May 2021 #4

Homo sapiens did not branch off from Neanderthals. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #11

Separate species can produce viable offspring Warpy May 2021 #6

So usually the offspring is sterile but not always? prodigitalson Jun 2021 #7

Female offspring are sometimes fertile Warpy Jun 2021 #8

Thanks for the info prodigitalson Jun 2021 #9

Very rarely but it has happened. NT Warpy Jun 2021 #10