So, what are we going to call the hybrid species, assuming that it is
fertile?  It would have to be either 'Homo paniscus' or 'Pan sapiens'.
No doubt, come election time, politicians will be spreading rumours of other
candidates lineage "no, our family has always been hairy, long before the
bonobo-human experiments.  And opposable toes allow me to use two keyboards
simultaneously, allowing me to do twice the work of others."

Kind Regards,
Robert Karl Stonjek.


> Rich  wrote or quoted:
>
> > Has anyone tried an experiment to change
> > the bonobo's FOXP2 allele to the human
> > version of FOXP2?
> >
> > Also, haver there been any experiments to
> > figure out if there is a way to make a hybrid
> > bonobo-human?  I.e., can we work out a
> > way to make offspring that include both
> > genomes?
>
> Perhaps search under the word "humanzee".
>
> http://www.gate.net/~rwms/hum_ape_chrom.html
>
> ...explains the chromosomal differences that would be encountered.
>
> Today such a project would be technically challenging - but in the future
> we will be able to interbreed (at least genetically) with practically
> every other organism on the planet - including our cousins.
>
> I.e. technology will turn the biosphere's gene pool into one big melting
> pot - and horizontal gene transfer will see a dramatic resurgence - as
> a technology trade is established between previously-separated species.
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