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Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by mhluongo on Thursday March 15, 2018 @11:25AM (#16593634)
You're thinking donkeys and horses. I believe a mule is the sterile result of that interbreeding.
Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by sampo on Thursday March 15, 2018 @02:09PM (#16595175)
Mules are mostly sterile, but not 100%. Wikipedia reports some cases where female mules have produced offspring.
Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by tabtab on Thursday March 15, 2018 @06:39PM (#16597081)
Interbreeding can be ranked on a scale. The less related the groups are, the more problems there are with reproducing. Perhaps a hard boundary of "species" can be drawn where the probability of successful offspring approaches zero. However, that's difficult to measure in practice.