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Could an ape mate with a human to produce a hybrid species?

George

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8 years ago

Could an ape mate with a human to produce a hybrid species?

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.

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8 years ago

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.

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