|
Title: Could an ape mate with a human to produce a hybrid species? Post by: George on Jul 1, 2015 As stated in the subject line, I'm curious is an ape could mate with a human through artificial means to create a hybrid species of some sort.
Title: Re: Could an ape mate with a human to produce a hybrid species? Post by: bio_man on Jul 1, 2015 One problem is humans have 46 chromosomes--apes 48--and for this reason the chromosomes will not pair up properly even if a zygote is formed. Another problem is a conservatively estimated 40 million base pair differences exist between humans and our putative closest evolutionary relatives, the chimps.
|