Flimsy_Repeat2532 t1_je3xvo9 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:15 AM Reply to comment by ObligatoryOption in Why are there multiple species of various life forms, but humans only have one? Are there other complex single-species organisms? by CyberOGa3 One definition of species is that they can't interbreed with fertile offspring. But in many cases, they are distinct because they live too far apart. It seems that lions and tigers can interbreed, but normally live too far apart. The offspring, ligers and tigrons, depending on which one is the mom and which is the dad. But humans have spread all over the world. Otherwise, we have carefully defined species such that there is only one of us! Permalink Parent 1
Flimsy_Repeat2532 t1_je3xvo9 wrote
Reply to comment by ObligatoryOption in Why are there multiple species of various life forms, but humans only have one? Are there other complex single-species organisms? by CyberOGa3
One definition of species is that they can't interbreed with fertile offspring.
But in many cases, they are distinct because they live too far apart.
It seems that lions and tigers can interbreed, but normally live too far apart.
The offspring, ligers and tigrons, depending on which one is the mom and which is the dad. But humans have spread all over the world.
Otherwise, we have carefully defined species such that there is only one of us!