I saw this program awhile back about chimps and man. The focus of the story was a chimp that was thought to be half man half ape due to his ability to walk upright and his abnormal facial features. It turned out he was a normal chimp just some random mutation caused him to be that way. But it made me wonder, is it possible for chimps and humans to interbreed?
2007-01-08 18:16:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I'm not thinking of having sex with one, I'm just asking a perfectly reasonable question. A "what if" blended with "can it happen?"
2007-01-08 18:29:38 · update #1
Impossible due to genus level incompatibility. Chimps belongs to Pan genus while human in Homo. so, there must be gene incompatibility and zygote will not form due to lack of proper pairing during crossover.
Now try to confirm. Thanks.
2007-01-08 18:36:07 · answer #1 · answered by mamunbau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The chimps DNA is not the same and the species are not compatible.
2007-01-09 02:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the two different DNA structures will not allow an offspring, maybe in a lab it can be done but the out come will be the same...they won't be able to breed when they reach adulthood.
2007-01-09 02:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tank Stillton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Micheal Jackson's parents tried it once.
2007-01-09 02:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by nicko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't get any funny ideas, it's against God's law.
2007-01-09 02:25:15 · answer #5 · answered by My2Cents 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you be the first to try it and let us know.
2007-01-09 02:25:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are monkeys
2007-01-09 02:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... and we are not monkeys
2007-01-09 02:25:20 · answer #8 · answered by *Harley* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋