(March 21, 2016 at 5:51 pm)Stimbo Wrote:Quote:If neanderthals and regular humans interbred, then wouldn't that make them the same species?
No, they're different species but closely related ones. Lions and tigers can interbreed, but that doesn't make them the same species.
I realize that the dictionary isn't necessarily the best source for scientific definitions but there seems to be consensus that this is the correct definition,
"Biology. the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species."
If this is the case, then lions and tigers would be the same species.