Why are neanderthals considered a different species and not just a different race?

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Why are neanderthals considered a different species and not just a different race?

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Because they were indeed a different species. Interbreeding with them was difficult. Only male modern humans could breed with female neanderthals, and such interbreeding may have caused diseases like Lupus and Crohn’s disease.

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