stickymaplesyrup
stickymaplesyrup t1_itlahla wrote
Reply to comment by Yespinky in Michigan family of 4 who went missing for a week has been found by wwabc
What the actual fuck is this article. I went in trying to find out if they were found dead or alive, and I have even MORE questions now than I did before, including my original one being still unanswered!
stickymaplesyrup t1_j50nlvg wrote
Reply to comment by suvlub in Given that reproduction is difficult or impossible when both animals have different numbers of chromosomes, how did so many species evolve to have so many different numbers of them? by MercurioLeCher
Okay, hear me out.
One of the ways we define whether or not species are different is if they can reproduce together, and if the offspring are also able to reproduce. This is why horses and donkeys are still different species even though they can have babies, ie mules, because mules are sterile.
What if these 44 chromosome people grew in number and could have kids together (non-incestuously, I don't know if there are multiple families with this condition)? And then those kids could have kids, and so on.
Would this be the origin of a new species of human?
It's fun to think about and consider.