Are Modern Humans and Neanderthals the Same Species?
Frederick B. Essig (noreply@blogger.com)
No, yes, maybe.
A species is typically defined as a population, or group of populations, that can be recognized and distinguished from other such populations by a distinctive set of characteristics, and which is reproductively isolated from other such populations.
Whether two populations of related organisms are classified as belonging to a single species or to two separate species is a decision made by taxonomists depending on two things: the degree to which the entities can be distinguished...