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Re:New human-like species discovered by rquantz on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:35AM (#10198265)
So dogs and wolves are the same species? I know that different species usually cannot interbreed, but I don't think that's the sole criterion.
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Re:New human-like species discovered by kevlened on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:55AM (#10198411)
Interestingly, yes.

"The domestic dog lost its recognition as a separate species in 1993, and is now considered a subspecies of gray wolf."

http://karmatics.com/docs/evolution-species-confusion.html

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Re:New human-like species discovered by derefr on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:59AM (#10198439)
"Species" is very clearly defined by "speciation": the point where something becomes too different to interbreed. Usually when two things can interbreed, but have many differences, they are referred to as separate subspecies of the same species.
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