The Humanzee (also known as the Chuman, or Manpanzee) is a hypothetical chimpanzee/human hybrid. Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus In Biology, hybrid has two meanings The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Chimpanzees and humans are very closely related (95% of their DNA sequence, and 99% of coding DNA sequences are in common^[1]), leading to contested speculation that a hybrid is possible, though no specimen has ever been confirmed. A DNA sequence or genetic sequence is a succession of letters representing the Primary structure of a real or hypothetical DNA Molecule

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Feasibility 3 The Ivanov experiments 4 Rumored humanzees 4.1 Oliver 5 Genetic evidence 6 Popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Etymology

In spite of the usual convention of portmanteau words to describe hybrids, there is no consensus as to which word to use, though "chuman" or "humanzee" are used in popular speech. Geneticists adhere to the portmanteau word convention to indicate which species is the sire. The father is defined as the Male Parent of an offspring The Adjective "paternal" refers to father parallel to "maternal" for (cf. tigon/liger) This is important because of the phenomenon of genomic imprinting where genes are expressed differently depending on which parent contributed them. A tigon or tigron is a hybrid cross between a male Tiger and a female Lion. The liger, is a hybrid cross between a male Lion and a female Tiger (i Genomic imprinting is a genetic phenomenon by which certain Genes are expressed in a Parent -of-origin-specific manner Hybrids are named according to the convention first part of sire's name + second part of dam's name (except where the result is unwieldy). "Mom" "Mum" and "Mommy" redirect here For geneticists, "Chuman" therefore refers to a hybrid of male chimpanzee and female human, while "Humanzee" or "manpanzee" refers to a hybrid of male human and female chimpanzee.

Feasibility

Humans have one chromosome fewer than other apes, since the ape chromosomes 2p and 2q have fused into a large chromosome (which contains remnants of the centromere and telomeres of the ancestral 2p and 2q) in humans. A centromere is a region of DNA typically found near the middle of a Chromosome where two Sister chromatids come in contact A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of Chromosomes which protects the end of the chromosome from destruction ^[2] Having different numbers of chromosomes is not an absolute barrier to hybridization. A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and Protein that is found in cells. Similar mismatches are relatively common in existing species, a phenomenon known as chromosomal polymorphism. Polymorphism is a general concept in biology referring to a more than one version of a trait being actively present in a population

The genetic structure of all the great apes, and humans, is similar. Chromosomes 6, 13, 19, 21, 22, and X are structurally the same in all great apes. 3, 11, 14, 15, 18, and 20 match between gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans. Chimps and humans match on 1, 2p, 2q, 5, 7 - 10, 12, 16, and Y as well. Some older references will include Y as a match between gorillas, chimps, and humans, but chimpanzees (including bonobos) and humans have recently been found to share a large transposition from chromosome 1 to Y that is not found in other apes. ^[3]

This level of chromosomal similarity is roughly equivalent to that found in equines. The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. Interfertility of horses and donkeys is common, although sterility of the offspring (mules) is nearly universal. In its common modern meaning a mule is the offspring of a male Donkey and a female Horse, which is classified as a kind of F1 hybrid. Similar complexities and prevalent sterility pertain to horse-zebra hybrids, or zorses, whose chromosomal disparity is very wide, with horses typically having 32 chromosomes and zebras possessing between 44 and 62 depending upon species. A zorse or zebrula is the offspring of a Zebra stallion and a Horse mare; the rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a In a direct parallel to the chimp-human case, the Przewalski horse (Equus przewalskii) with 33 chromosome pairs, and the domestic horse (E. Przewalski's Horse ( Equus ferus przewalskii, Equus przewalskii or Equus caballus przewalskii classification is debated ʃɨˈvælskiː or /zɨˈvɑːlskiː/ caballus) with 32 chromosome pairs, have been found to be interfertile, and produce semi-fertile offspring, where male hybrids can breed with female domestic horses. ^[4]).

In the 1920s the Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a series of experiments to create a human/ape hybrid. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (Илья Иванович Иванов - March 20 1932 ? was a Russian and Soviet Biologist who specialized At first working with human sperm and chimpanzee females, none of his attempts created a pregnancy. In 1929 he organized a set of experiments involving ape sperm and human volunteers, but was delayed by the death of his last orangutan. The orangutans are two Species of great apes known for their intelligence long arms and reddish-brown hair The next year he fell under political criticism from the Soviet government and was sentenced to exile in the Kazakh SSR during the Great Purge; he died two years later (see below). The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы Qazaq Keñestik Socialistik Respublikasi; Казахская Great Purge (Большая чистка transliterated Bolshaya chistka) was a series of campaigns of Political repression and Persecution

As far back as 1977, researcher J. Michael Bedford^[5] discovered that human sperm could penetrate the protective outer membranes of a gibbon egg. Gibbons are the small Apes in the family Hylobatidae. The family is divided into four genera based on their Diploid Chromosome Among the apes, the gibbon is the farthest from humans. Bedford's paper also stated that human spermatozoa would not even attach to the zona surface of sub-hominoid primate (baboon, rhesus monkey, squirrel monkey), concluding that although the specificity of human spermatozoa is not confined to man alone, it probably is restricted to the Hominoidea.

In 2006, research suggested that after the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees diverged into two distinct lineages, inter-lineage sex was still sufficiently common that it produced fertile hybrids for around 1. Genetic divergence is the process of one species diverging over time into more than one species 2 million years after the initial split. ^[6]

However, despite speculation, no case of a human-chimpanzee cross has ever been confirmed to exist in modern times.

The Ivanov experiments

The most controversial of Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov's studies was his attempt to create a human-ape hybrid. Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (Илья Иванович Иванов - March 20 1932 ? was a Russian and Soviet Biologist who specialized As early as 1910 he had given a presentation to the World Congress of Zoologists in Graz in which he described the possibility of obtaining such a hybrid through artificial insemination. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Graz (etymologically from Slovene: Gradec IPA /gradeʦ/ "little castle" with a population of around 290000 as of 2008 (of which 252852 have principal

In 1924, while working at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Ivanov obtained permission from the Institute's directors to use its experimental primate station in Kindia, French Guinea, for such an experiment. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pasteur Institute (Institut Pasteur is a French Non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of Biology, Micro-organisms Diseases French Guinea (Guinée française was a French protectorate in West Africa. Ivanov attempted to gain backing for his project from the Soviet government. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. He dispatched letters to the People's Commissar on Education and Science Anatoliy Vasilievich Lunacharsky and to other officials. Council of Ministers of the USSR (Совет Министров СССР tr Ivanov's proposal finally sparked the interest of Nikolai Petrovich Gorbunov, the head of the Department of Scientific Institutions. In September 1925 Gorbunov helped allocate US$10,000 to the Academy of Sciences for Ivanov's human-ape hybridization experiments in Africa. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National

In March 1926 Ivanov arrived at the Kindia facility, but stayed only a month without success. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kindia site, it turned out, had no sexually mature chimpanzees. Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. He returned to France where he arranged through correspondence with French Guinea's colonial governor to set up experiments at the botanical gardens in Conakry. Conakry or Konakry ( Malinké: Kɔnakiri) is the Capital and largest city of Guinea.

Ivanov reached Conakry in November 1926 accompanied by his son, also named Ilya, who would assist him in his experiments. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivanov supervised the capture of adult chimpanzees in the interior of the colony, which were brought to Conakry and kept in cages in the botanical gardens. On February 28, 1927, Ivanov artificially inseminated two female chimpanzees with human sperm (not his own or his son's). Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On June 25, he injected a third chimpanzee with human sperm. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians The Ivanovs left Africa in July with thirteen chimps, including the three used in his experiments. They already knew before leaving that the first two chimpanzees had failed to become pregnant. The third died in France, and was also found not to have been pregnant. The remaining chimps were sent to a new primate station at Sukhumi. Sukhumi, also spelled as Sukhum ( Abkhaz: Аҟəа Aqwa; სოხუმი Sokhumi, Сухуми/Сухум is the capital

Although Ivanov attempted to organize the insemination of human females with chimpanzee sperm in Guinea, these plans met with resistance from the French colonial government and there is no evidence such an experiment was arranged there.

Upon his return to the Soviet Union in 1927, Ivanov began an effort to organize hybridization experiments at Sukhumi using ape sperm and human females. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eventually in 1929, through the help of Gorbunov, he obtained the support of the Society of Materialist Biologists, a group associated with the Communist Academy. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the spring of 1929 the Society set up a commission to plan Ivanov's experiments at Sukhumi. They decided that at least five volunteer women would be needed for the project. However, in June 1929, before any inseminations had taken place, Ivanov learned that the only postpubescent male ape remaining at Sukhumi (an orangutan) had died. The orangutans are two Species of great apes known for their intelligence long arms and reddish-brown hair A new set of chimps would not arrive at Sukhumi until the summer of 1930. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Rumored humanzees

There have been occasional reports and rumors of humanzees throughout history. St. Peter Damian, in his 11th century De bono religiosi status et variorum animatium tropologia, tells of a Count Gulielmus whose pet ape became his wife's lover. Saint Peter Damian, OSB ( Petrus Damiani, also Pietro Damiani or Pier Damiani; c One day the ape became "mad with jealousy" on seeing the count lying with his wife and it fatally attacked him. Damian claims he was told about this incident by Pope Alexander II and shown a creature named "Maimo", which was supposed to be the offspring of the countess and the ape. Alexander II (died April 21, 1073) born Anselmo da Baggio, was Pope from 1061 to 1073 It has been mentioned that Maimo was most likely a human child with an intellectual disability.

During World War II, infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele would sometimes torment uncooperative female Jewish prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp by showing them photos of chimpanzees and telling them he had impregnated them with the sperm from those chimps. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Dr Josef Mengele ( March 16, 1911 – February 7, 1979) was a German SS officer and a Physician in the PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic The term sperm is derived from the Greek word (σπέρμα sperma (meaning "seed" and refers to the male reproductive cells. This was only a form of psychological torture and he never actually conducted experiments of the sort, as they served no purpose in his eugenics research. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally Eugenics is a social Philosophy which advocates the improvement of Human Hereditary traits through various forms of intervention ^[7]

Oliver

See also main article: Oliver (chimpanzee)

There have been no scientifically verified specimens of a human/ape hybrid, although a performing chimp named Oliver was popularized during the 1970s as a possible Chuman/Humanzee. Oliver is a Common Chimpanzee and a former performing ape once promoted as a missing link or " Humanzee " due Oliver is a Common Chimpanzee and a former performing ape once promoted as a missing link or " Humanzee " due Genetic tests conducted at the University of Chicago concluded that, despite Oliver's somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, he was a normal chimpanzee;^[8] he had the same number of chromosomes as normal chimpanzees. Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The "hybrid" claims were possibly a promotional gimmick. As a result of being humanized (habituated to humans rather than to chimps), Oliver was said to be attracted to female humans, and did not mate with chimpanzees.

An episode of Unsolved History broadcast on the Discovery Channel on March 27, 1998, as well as on December 16, 2006, during the program Humanzee, discussed the controversies over Oliver the chimp also detailed some of the rumors and urban legends about "humanzees". Unsolved History is a 2002 - 2005 Documentary television series produced by MorningStar Entertainment, Termite Art Productions, and Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them One claim was that a common chimpanzee was impregnated by human sperm in a laboratory in China, but died from neglect before giving birth during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. The Common Chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes) also known as the Robust Chimpanzee, is a great ape. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National A similar story, reported by University at Albany psychologist Gordon Gallup, alleged that a human-chimp hybrid was successfully engendered and born at the old Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Orange Park, Florida in the 1920s, but was destroyed by the scientists soon after. The University at Albany State University of New York, commonly known as the University at Albany is a Public university located in the capital of New Mental health professional A psychologist is a practitioner of Psychology, the systematic investigation of the mind including Behavior, Cognition, Gordon G Gallup Jr is a Psychologist currently working at the University at Albany 's Psychology department in the Biopsychology program area The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, located in Atlanta Georgia at Emory University, is one of eight national Primate research centers funded by Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, USA. The population was 9081 at the 2000 census Gallup claimed he heard the story as a young graduate student, when an elderly academic confided in him that he had been part of the team behind the experiment. Gallup added that he feels the colleague telling him of this genuinely believed the story to be true but that he, Gallup, has never been able to prove it one way or another.

Genetic evidence

Looking back millions of years into early human history, current research into human evolution tends to confirm that in some cases, interspecies sexual activity may have been a key part of human evolution. Human evolution, or anthropogenesis, is the part of biological Evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct Species Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms even within the same Species. Human evolution, or anthropogenesis, is the part of biological Evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct Species Analysis of the species' genes in 2006 provides evidence that after humans had started to diverge from chimps, interspecies mating between "proto-human" and "proto-chimps" nonetheless occurred regularly enough to change certain genes in the new gene pool:

"A new comparison of the human and chimp genomes suggests that after the two lineages separated, they may have begun interbreeding. History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. In Population genetics, a gene pool is the complete set of unique Alleles in a Species or Population. Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. In classical genetics the genome of a Diploid Organism including Eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a Gamete, thereby . . A principal finding is that the X chromosomes of humans and chimps appear to have diverged about 1. The X chromosome is one of the two sex-determining Chromosomes in many animal species including mammals (the other is the Y chromosome) Genetic divergence is the process of one species diverging over time into more than one species 2 million years more recently than the other chromosomes. "

The research suggests that:

"There were in fact two splits between the human and chimp lineages, with the first being followed by interbreeding between the two populations and then a second split. The suggestion of a hybridization has startled paleoanthropologists, who nonetheless are 'treating the new genetic data seriously. Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of Paleontology and Physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in Fossil hominid '[1]

Popular culture

Ape-like beings that have distinctly human traits are not uncommon in fiction, most notably in the Planet of the Apes series, but examples of actual human-ape hybrids in films are not as common. Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La Planète des singes.

• Novels in the Uplift Universe by David Brin describe a future in which mankind has uplifted, or made sapient, chimpanzees and dolphins. The Uplift Universe is a Fictional universe created by Science fiction writer David Brin. Glen David Brin, PhD (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of Science fiction.
• First Born is a British TV mini-series about the creation of a man-gorilla hybrid based on novel The Gor Saga by Maureen Duffy. This article is about the television serial for the Eyedea & Abilities album see First Born (album First Born is a British The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Maureen Patricia Duffy (b 1933 in Worthing, Sussex) is a contemporary British Poet, Playwright and Novelist. The gorilla is known to be very docile and extremely strong. Gorillas, the largest of the living Primates are ground-dwelling Herbivores that inhabit the Forests of Africa. ^[9][10] Therefore, they could be a good choice for producing "humanilla" labourers. Maureen Duffy built upon this theory creating a humanilla character that was exceptionally strong and athletic, yet could not bring himself to harm other living beings, thus becoming useless for military purposes. ^[11]
• The British teleseries Quatermass and the Pit (and its subsequent theatrical version) featured insect-like Martians who, 5 million years before, created Homo erectus by genetically altering chimpanzees. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial, originally transmitted by BBC Television in December Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described As an adjective the term "martian" is used to describe anything pertaining to the Planet Mars. Homo erectus ( Latin: "upright man" is an extinct species of the genus Homo, believed to have been the first hominin Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct
• The 1952 movie Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla has the mad scientist Dr. Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is a 1952 Comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring horror veteran Bela Lugosi and nightclub Zabor trying to develop a human-ape hybrid. This film made number 24 on the list of the DVD documentary "The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made".
• Ancient of Days is an award-winning 1995 novella by American author Michael Bishop in which a woman finds and falls in love with a male member of the pre-human species Homo habilis. A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. Michael Lawson Bishop (born November 12, 1945 in Lincoln Nebraska) is an award-winning American Writer. Homo habilis (ˈhoʊmoʊ ˈhæbəlɪs ("handy man" "skillful person" is a Species of the genus Homo, which lived Bishop used the inter-species romance as a way to explore racial prejudice.
• In Orphan of Creation, a 1988 novel by Roger MacBride Allen, involves the archaeological discovery of australopithecine remains in a graveyard reserved for black slaves buried towards the end of the American Civil War. Roger MacBride Allen is a US Science fiction author He was born on September 26, 1957 in Bridgeport Connecticut. The Genus Australopithecus ( Latin australis "of the south" Greek πίθηκος pithekos "ape" The discovery is startling because it suggests apes thought to be extinct for millions of years were alive through the mid 19th Century and used as slaves due to the decline of the human slave trade. A team is sent to Africa to investigate the possibility of a surviving relict populations. The term relict is used to refer to surviving remnants of natural phenomena In the novel's climax, human sperm is used to inseminate a female australopithecine and results in a live birth of an australopithecine-Human hybrid. The birth raises questions of personhood and what is human.
• In The Simpsons episode Bart's Friend Falls in Love, after watching a sex education film Bart Simpson inquires about how to create a half-human, half-ape creature. " Bart's Friend Falls in Love " is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons ' third season. Sex education is a broad term used to describe Education about human sexual anatomy, Sexual reproduction, Sexual intercourse, Reproductive Bartholomew J "Bart" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons He is rebuffed by Edna Krabappel who informs him that would be playing God. Ms Edna Krabappel (aka Mrs K) is a Fictional character from the Animated TV series The Simpsons, a 4th grade Teacher God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.
• In Greg Cox's Star Trek novel The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1, it is established that the project that created Khan Noonien Singh in 1970 (called Chrysalis by its founder, Sarina Kaur) also created a humanilla called Carlos Quintana, referred to sarcastically by secret agent Roberta Lincoln as Magilla Gorilla and Mighty Joe Young. Greg Cox (born 1959 is a Science fiction Writer. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania, U The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh is a two volume set of novels written by Greg Cox about the life of the fictional Star Trek Khan Noonien Singh, commonly shortened to Khan, is a Villain in the fictional Star Trek universe A pupa ( Latin pupa for doll pl pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some Insects undergoing transformation Magilla Gorilla is the main character from The Magilla Gorilla Show, an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera between January Mighty Joe Young ( September 23 1927 – March 27 1999) was a Blues Guitarist known for playing Chicago Blues
• The 1999 Outer Limits episode "Descent" featured Leland Orser as a shy, nerdy scientist who attempts to become stronger and more confident by injecting himself with DNA extracted from primitive primates. For the album by Progressive Metal band Voivod see The Outer Limits (album. " Descent " is an episode of " The Outer Limits " television show Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American Film and Television Actor. The experiment unexpectedly begins slowly transforming him into a human-ape hybrid.
• Primal Tears is a novel by Truthout's environment editor Kelpie Wilson about the adventures of a bonobo-human hybrid female named Sage who goes from hunted pariah to international superstar. Primal Tears is a 2005 novel by Truthout ’s environment editor Kelpie Wilson about the adventures of a Bonobo -human hybrid or A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story TruthOutorg is a political website aimed at providing an alternative to corporate news sources See also Nature The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a terminology that is comprised of all living and Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media The Bonobo (bə'noʊboʊ Pan paniscus) until recently usually called the Pygmy Chimpanzee (and less often the Dwarf or Gracile Chimpanzee Author Kelpie Wilson mentioned that "She is only a thought-experiment of mine, though I have to confess, there was one point where I was so obsessed with the idea and so curious to find out if a bonobo-human hybrid was possible, that I contemplated getting ahold of some bonobo sperm and trying it myself! Luckily, my common sense prevailed, and Sage was born on paper only. "^[12]
• H. P. Lovecraft's short story Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family concerns a family with simian heritage, and references a society of man/ape hybrids. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy " Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family " is a Short story by H
• Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote two of his Tarzan novels referencing the people of the lost city of Opar, whose inhabitants were descendants of humans and apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to This may have influenced the above-mentioned H. P. Lovecraft story.
• Sims by F. Paul Wilson is a novel that explores a near-future event where humanzees are created by humans as a de facto slave race. Sims (ISBN 0-7653-0551-8 is a Science fiction novel by F Paul Wilson explores a near-future event where Humanzees ( Human - Chimpanzee Francis Paul Wilson (b May 17, 1946 in Jersey City) is an American Author, primarily in the Science fiction and ^[13]
• Oliver the Humanzee was a constant discussion topic on The Ricky Gervais Show, due to the producer Karl Pilkington's obsession with Oliver
• Next (2006) by Michael Crichton, discusses humanzee scenarios. This article is about the audio programme for the tv programme see Meet Ricky Gervais The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy audio Karl Pilkington (born on 23 September 1972 is a Sony Award -winning Radio producer, podcaster and author best known for producing and co-presenting Next is a 2006 Techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton. Next takes place in the present world where both the Government John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer

See also

• Great Ape Project
• Personhood (and more specifically, Great Ape personhood)
• Historical and cultural perspectives on zoophilia

References

External links

• Of Manimals and Humanzees by Cindy Kuzma 2002 Science & Spirit Magazine
• Human Chimp Hybrid Discussion Group
• Two Splits Between Human and Chimp Lines Suggested (May 2006). (registration required)
• Atlantic article (subscription required)
• Is Oliver a 'Humanzee'?
• Prometheus Society article claiming that naturally occurring humanzees are impossible

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