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Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by hugh3 on Saturday July 02, 2011 @04:10PM (#2722332)
So if we discovered the last Tasmanian Tiger out in the wild somewhere then it wouldn't count as a species any more because it's the last one and... aww, this is too nitpicky a semantic debate even for me.
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Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by zorked on Saturday July 02, 2011 @04:35PM (#2722384)
The definition is obviously about potential: the last healthy Tasmanian Tiger could mate with another healthy Tasmanian Tiger and have baby Tasmanian Tigers.

A healthy mule can't mate with another healthy mule and have baby mules.

People who happen to be sterile or decided not to have kids can remain a part of the human species...

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Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by adrianN on Sunday July 03, 2011 @07:10AM (#2723492)
We have something like that:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/10/136029423/the-l...

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