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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This makes a lot of sense. Taxonomists are tasked with a difficult job organizing fossils into species. Its why there's like 7 definitions of species. Off the top of my head: shape (morphology), sex (interbreeding), genetics (differences in key genes) with the majority of them existing to categorize extinct species

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Also evolution (common genetic pool) and ecology (common niche, environmental pressures and behaviour).

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