Vulcans are as much the same as Labradors and Golden Retreivers are the same. Or as Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons. Closely related but seperated for a few thousand years.
I think there might be a couple Vulcan background characters with forehead ridges. My guess is that a significant portion of the early Vulcans that rejected Surak’s teachings were from a particular ethnicity, and the group that left the planet and rebranded as Romulans included most of that ethnicity.
Yes, that is true. I chose examples that can interbreed because in Star Trek, all the just so vaguely humanoid species can interbreed, even those with different reproductive systems. Just ask Cmdr Tucker.
Vulcans are as much the same as Labradors and Golden Retreivers are the same. Or as Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons. Closely related but seperated for a few thousand years.
Vulcans and Romulans are closer than you’d think. I’d say they’re only separated by a pair of shoulder pads
And some forehead ridges, sometimes. Early phenotypical signs of genetic divergence?
I think there might be a couple Vulcan background characters with forehead ridges. My guess is that a significant portion of the early Vulcans that rejected Surak’s teachings were from a particular ethnicity, and the group that left the planet and rebranded as Romulans included most of that ethnicity.
I think you’re naming things that can breed together though.
For that matter, labradors and golden retrievers are considered to not only be the same species, but the same sub-species.
Does that make humans and Klingons the same subspecies?
So can Vulcans and Romulans.
Right. My point was that the meme is right. They’re basically a different “race” which means they’re the same but want to fight about it.
Yes, that is true. I chose examples that can interbreed because in Star Trek, all the just so vaguely humanoid species can interbreed, even those with different reproductive systems. Just ask Cmdr Tucker.
Hang on, so they developed warp technology, travelled to another system, then lost most of their historical records?