The law covers things that actually exist. As Neanderthals don’t exist in our time, there’s no point making laws about them. If they existed, there would be laws about them.
But think of the children!
Not true, both modern humans and Neanderthals are subspecies of Homo sapiens.
I was going to say, weren’t humans and Neanderthals interbreeding in some cases
Much more straight forward: we’re actually homo sapiens sapiens (twice, because we’re extra smart, y’know), they’re homo sapiens neanderthalensis.
That’s the criteria for distinguishing species and subspecies, though, isn’t it? If two specimen can produce non-sterile offspring, they’re the same species.
Oh that’s what you were saying, now I see. Yes, that’s usually true. I thought you were saying because modern humans have Neanderthal ancestors, we’re the same species.
Well, also yes, ipso facto? If we’re offspring of sapiens sapiens and sapiens neanderthalis, that means they had viable offsprings together, therefore they’re the same species, QED…
I wasn’t disagreeing.
