Re:Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than W...
by grondilu on Saturday September 23, 2017 @08:01PM
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> Err, isn't use of morphological classification to define species of animals super outdated?
It's still the best you have in most cases, notably in the fossil record.
I'm no expert but I believe that the concept of species is becoming more and more problematic nowadays. There is a wikipedia article about it[1]. So, it's complicated.
That being said, even if Neanderthal seems to have interbred with Sapiens, as far as I know, nobody seriously thinks this should revise its status as a separate species.
It's still the best you have in most cases, notably in the fossil record.
I'm no expert but I believe that the concept of species is becoming more and more problematic nowadays. There is a wikipedia article about it[1]. So, it's complicated.
That being said, even if Neanderthal seems to have interbred with Sapiens, as far as I know, nobody seriously thinks this should revise its status as a separate species.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem