Chimp

Are chimps 99.4% human or are humans 99.4% chimp?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3042781.stm

faust

Sorry to break it to ya Chimp, but it appears you are indeed related to humans... I know, I know, it's kind of like finding the black sheep in the family but these things happen.

thebeave

Questions along these lines:

I assume it is not possible to mate (in the lab) a chimp with a human and come up with some sort of "chuman" or "himp" type creature. But (ethics aside), with advances in genetic engineering, might it be theoretically possible someday? What are the main stumbling blocks to doing so? If it were done and offspring were produced, would the anti-evolutionists who proclaim "I ain't related to no dang ape" finally have to concede the error of their ways? Or is that wishful thinking?

Coragyps

Wasn't it posted on this forum a week or two ago that chimp sperm will fertilize human ova? That's still a little ways from a "chuman", but hey, it's a start.


Edit: I found it - first post here.