Are dog breeds and human races a good comparison and are they the same thing?
Black Human,White human,Asian,East Indian,and other races are those the same as different dog breeds.Would dog breeds be the best comparison to human races since those dog breeds and human races are the same specie of human and domestic dog.A lion and a tiger are different species and humans of different races are not.Could those human races be subspecies rather than completely different species like Bengal Tiger and Siberian Tiger?
Yes dog breeds and human races are very similar. Dog breeds are called subspecies, and human races could also be considered subspecies.
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Yes dog breeds and human races are very similar. Dog breeds are called subspecies, and human races could also be considered subspecies.
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Not really. Wikipedia answers it quite well viz:
>> In biology, subspecies, race and breed are equivalent terms. Breed is usually applied to domestic animals; species and subspecies, to wild animals and to plants; and race, to humans.[5] Colloquial use of the term dog breed, however, does not conform to scientific standards of taxonomic classification. Breeds do not meet the criteria for subspecies since they are all considered a subspecies of the gray wolf.>>
However you are thinking along the right general lines.
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