Robert Karl Stonjek  wrote:

> 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."

Hybrids get their own specific epithet. The choice of genus might depend
on arbitrary decision - I'd guess that Homo would have priority as Pan
is much later.
> 
> 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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