Nobody wants to hear this, but modern Africans have been left behind for a reason. They never left Africa.
Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
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Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#22If we interbred with them, how are they actually species? It seems more to me you're talking more about racial or breed differences akin to breeds of dogs if two species actually successfuly had viable offspring in the wild.
Interbreeding isn't a bright line. Zebras can breed with Donkeys! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebroid Darwin's Origin of Species had a good section on this; the book is quite readable.
They can breed, but if I'm not mistaken the off-spring can't have off-spring of their own.
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#23Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#24Suppose we found enough DNA to recreate these hominins. Would they be citizens or zoo animals? Either way, what if they want to interbreed? Do we determine this based on looks? What if the attraction is unidirectional?
Some of these species are thought to be smarter than us, so you better be careful or you will end up the specimen in the zoo.
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#25Hi everyone, just letting you all know, it's no surprise that modern homo sapiens ancestors bumped uglies with other species in the genus of homo back in the day. The enlightening part of this article is there are some unknown species in homo that we have genetic evidence of, but no fossil record. The thing you should be fascinated by, there were many contemporary relatives to homo sapiens that could have been as muc…
Is this a dog whistle of some kind?
Otherwise, so unprovoked.
>So, please stop relating this to dogs fucking or being surprised that different species can tango under moonlight. Please stop.
Hot take: we had a common ancestor with dogs just 60 million years ago; a human and a dog is just like a reunion for old times' sake!
With horrifyingly asymmetric power dynamics.
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#26If we interbred with them, how are they actually species? It seems more to me you're talking more about racial or breed differences akin to breeds of dogs if two species actually successfuly had viable offspring in the wild.
the categories were made for hominids, not hominids for the categories
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interbreeding isn't a bright line. Zebras can breed with Donkeys! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebroid Darwin's Origin of Species had a good section on this; the book is quite readable.
They can breed, but if I'm not mistaken the off-spring can't have off-spring of their own.
Lions and tigers can interbreed. Ligers and tigons are fertile:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
2.3% Neanderthal Pride checking in!
Put that on your college application and you'll get a free ride so they can meet their diversity quota.
The opposite is true - people with Neanderthal ancestry require higher grades for acceptance than those without.
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#29If we interbred with them, how are they actually species? It seems more to me you're talking more about racial or breed differences akin to breeds of dogs if two species actually successfuly had viable offspring in the wild.
Yeah, seems more logical to say ancient human experienced a number genetic divergences which were then folded into the mainline of the genetic stream.
Environment plays a huge role. If a nomadic group was in a jungle-like environment, wouldn’t they more likely develop the traits of the other species well suited for jungle living? Over a long enough timescale.
Re: Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
They can breed, but if I'm not mistaken the off-spring can't have off-spring of their own.
Lions and tigers can interbreed. Ligers and tigons are fertile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE8Z5Es-M0E
Are lions and tigers both cats in the same way Border Collies and German Shorthair Pointers are both dogs?
Or are there more significant differences?