[LogicWings]

That's because defining a specie, from an evolutionary standpoint, basically involves drawing arbitrary lines to break up a smooth continuum. 'Species' are a human-imposed division used to make classifying things easier for study. There is no absolute natural definition for one.

Yeah, you get it. Everything is now a "transitional" species. The fallacy of reification is what defines "species" as what exists now.

I asked one of those IDiots out there, who cowardly chose not to answer; are wolves, dogs, coyotes and dingos different species or just one specie? They can freely interbreed but they are considered separate species. Kind of destroys the concept, doesn't it?

[js1138]

The concept of species has never been firm, except in the minds of the ignorant. If you read anythin from the early history, even before evolution, you would know this.