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Why are human beings who look so different from each other in terms
of size, colour and looks said to belong to the same species?
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All human beings, even though they have different size, colour and looks, belong to the same species because they have similar DNA sequences and have descended from same ancestors. Also, they are capable of reproducing among themselves
ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢs ᴀʀᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛᴇʀᴍs ᴏғ sɪᴢᴇ, ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs (ʜᴏᴍᴏ sᴀᴘɪᴇɴs) ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀʙʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ғᴇʀᴛɪʟᴇ ᴏᴅʟɪᴘɴɪɴᴇ
(sᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ). ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇsᴛ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs ᴏғ ʜᴏᴍᴏ sᴀᴘɪᴇɴs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀ sᴜ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴄᴇsᴛᴏʀs sᴛᴀʏᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀ ᴀɴᴅ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛs; ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟᴇғᴛ ᴀʟᴍᴀ
sʟᴏᴡʟʏ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ғᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋᴡᴀʀᴅ ɪɴ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘs, sᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴅᴀ ᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴍɪxᴇᴅ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘs ᴀᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇs. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘs ᴏғ ᴀɴᴄᴇsᴛᴏʀs, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴇs, ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙʀᴇs
ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴀɪʟɪɴɢ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ ɢᴇɴᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴠᴀʀɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀᴇᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴏғ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ɢᴇᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴs ɪɴ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇs.
ʜᴜʀᴛᴇʀɪᴀ sɴɪᴅᴇʀs, ғɪsʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜɪᴍᴘᴀɴᴢᴇᴇs