Eight Genders In The Talmud

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In case anyone thinks that genders were always one of two throughout the age of human development, its good to discover The Talmud, an authoritative compendium of Jewish legal traditions, contains in fact no less than eight gender designations including: 

1. Zachar, male.
2. Nekevah, female.
3. Androgynos, having both male and female characteristics.
4. Tumtum, lacking sexual characteristics.
5. Aylonit hamah, identified female at birth but later naturally developing male characteristics.
6. Aylonit adam, identified female at birth but later developing male characteristics through human intervention.
7. Saris hamah, identified male at birth but later naturally developing female characteristics.
8. Saris adam, identified male at birth and later developing female characteristics through human intervention.