Chimp-human cross and birth canals

From: Twink (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Wed Nov 19 1997 - 04:31:45 MST


At 12:48 PM 11/19/97 +1000, Grant Sparks <grant@sparks.to> wrote:
>From: Twink <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
>>How? Artsem a few chimps using some sperm. It would seem extremely
>>simple and could be done without leaving much evidence behind. It
>
>I think it would need to be done the other way around. The reproductive
>differences would require a human mother due to birth canal size etc I think.

Perhaps, but it would hard to convince a human to carry a half-chimp AND
perhaps the chimp canal would not be so small. We need more data!

I think it might be better to stick with octopi for now. Much cheaper to do,
and less likely, for most, to bring up moral/political qualms

Daniel Ust



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