• missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de
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    18 hours ago

    Chinese scientists worked to create the “humanzee,” a human-chimpanzee hybrid in the '60s. Female chimpanzees were impregnated with human sperm. The experiment was cut short by the Cultural Revolution - the scientists were sent to labor camps and a three-months pregnant chimpanzee died of neglect. The Soviets attempted a similar program in the '20s.

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      49 minutes ago

      Seriously find a source. a three month pregnant chimpanzee, pregnant with a humanzee, died of neglect? Sure, Humanzee experiments were attempted but because of how biology works, two species as different as a chimpanzee and a human cannot make children.

    • DreasNil@feddit.nu
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      17 hours ago

      This sounds like a bunch of b***shit so I had to look it up. Seems like you’re actually right… 😳