• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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          7 months ago

          Yeah species is actually a made up concept with no grounding in empirical science. Scientists just decided to invent species to make their jobs easier.

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            7 months ago

            What defines a species is whether or not the offspring of two individuals can have offspring.

            A lion and a tiger can make, however Ligras are infertile, so they’re different species.

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              7 months ago

              Nah that’s not true. Haven’t you ever heard of crossbreeding flowers? Plus there’s an example very close to home in the interbreeding of sapiens and neanderthals

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      7 months ago

      I mean, horses and donkeys can reproduce with each other. Doesn’t mean their offspring will be fertile…