>Anton Sherwood <dasher@netcom.com> writes:
>
>> I think it not unlikely that Oliver's mother was a chimpanzee
>> and his father a man.
>
>I don't know anything about Oliver, but it is very unlikely a
>chimpanzee - human crossbreed would be viable. Just because they are
>closely related to us doesn't mean they are compatible.
According to a science film I saw in high school, such an experiment
was performed back in the eugenics days. The embryos were nonviable
and died in the second month.