Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   It's just that defining "species" in terms of behavior is ludicrous.

> Well, give a definition that shows two men are the same species, that a 
> bacteria's descendants are the same species, and that these two populations 
> of fruit flies are the same species.  What exactly has to be in the genetics?

  I don't think you get it. What I said is that the claim "two groups of
animals have been speciated away from each other if they won't interbreed
because of instinctual preference" (rather than their genes being
incompatible) is an incorrect definition.

  You can't argue pro that definition with the argument "well, you can't
give a better definition". That argument coulud be used to defend anything.
"Two groups of animals are of different species if they have a different
fur coloring."

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                                                          - Warp

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