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Is There Any Genetic Or Morphological Criterion For "Kind"?

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RickJB
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09-26-2006 6:44 PM 		Reply to: Message 5 by Faith
09-26-2006 6:27 AM

Faith writes:
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Expect it eventually will be defined genetically.
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I won't be holding my breath....
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RickJB
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09-26-2006 7:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 12 by mjfloresta
09-26-2006 5:52 PM

mjf writes:
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Jackals and wolves may be able to interbeed, lions and lynx may be able to interbreed, but no one to my knowledge would call or even think of these organisms as belonging to the same species..
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What if a human/chimp hybrid was possible?
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Would that make us both the same "kind"?
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09-27-2006 6:59 AM 		Reply to: Message 19 by Dr Adequate
09-27-2006 5:32 AM

FSTDT
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