babbieabbi t1_je1m16i wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:25 PM Reply to Why are there multiple species of various life forms, but humans only have one? Are there other complex single-species organisms? by CyberOGa3 It’s called a monotypic genus, and there are a lot of them out there. It’s particularly common in plants, but also happens in animals too. There did used to be other species in the Homo genus, but they’re all extinct now. Permalink 71
babbieabbi t1_je1m16i wrote
Reply to Why are there multiple species of various life forms, but humans only have one? Are there other complex single-species organisms? by CyberOGa3
It’s called a monotypic genus, and there are a lot of them out there. It’s particularly common in plants, but also happens in animals too. There did used to be other species in the Homo genus, but they’re all extinct now.