Re: Half Human?

Barry Mennen (barrym2@ix.netcom.com(Barry)
18 Oct 1996 14:33:39 GMT

In <542jq4$57t@sjx-ixn6.ix.netcom.com> hobgot@ix.netcom.com(Robert
Gotschall) writes:
>
>In <3264090E.2733@indiana.edu> "C. Marc Wagner @ UCS"
><mwagner@indiana.edu> writes:
>>
>>It is nonsense. The two species cannot interbreed!
>>
>>Charles Candy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Someone was telling me about an artical they read in the Dallas
>>> Morning News about a chimp that was possibly half human. Does
anyone
>>> know more about this?
>>>
>
>I'm not saying that the article had any merit, but out of curiosity, I
>would like to know how you determined that these two species cannot
>interbreed.
>
>Hob

Donkeys and horses have different numbers of chromosomes, yet can
produce a (sterile) mule. I don't think any data exists which would
rule out a chimp/human hybrid.

Barry M.