Re: Uplifting Oliver

From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Wed Nov 19 1997 - 14:02:11 MST


In a message dated 11/19/97 2:00:52 AM, asa@nada.kth.se wrote:

>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.



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