He's got different chromosome situation than apes or humans. He walks on two legs a lot, prefers human company and other missing link stuff. Do a search and tell me what you think.
2006-07-15 15:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by Hymn 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
In 1997, genetic testing revealed that Oliver had 48 chromosomes, just like any other chimp. This eliminates the human-chimp hybrid theory, but does not rule out the possibility that Oliver might be a mixture of common and pygmy chimps or part of a new, unknown species. Oh, and he was captured in the 70's, not recently.
2006-07-15 15:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by dhills23 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oliver is not a recent discovery and reasearch has proven that he is a normal chimp with quite the eccentric personality. Unfortunately, he was trained by humans (ie smoke cigars) for a circus act. It was all media hype and one lawyer in NY trying to make a buck.
http://www.rotten.com/library/cryptozoology/humanzee/
2006-07-16 00:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Emerson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's a normal chimp
2006-07-15 22:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋