18 May 2006
more chimp/humans
Obviously, one shouldn't trust broadsheets to tell you anything about science, humanity or animality but this is even weirder:
'The scientists hypothesise that interbreeding between our ancestral humans and early chimps created a third, infertile "hybrid" species, the human equivalent of a mule, the infertile offspring of a horse and donkey. Though incapable of breeding among its own, the hybrid is believed to have survived by mating with its parent human or chimp species, before the two separated to follow the two distinct evolutionary paths that led to modern humans and chimps.'
A third, sterile chimpenman/humanzee (ok, Chuman/Manpanzee), breeding back into both species?! Dawkins reckons that 'The discovery of a single chimpanzee/human survivor would demolish our system of ethics'. As if 'ethics' means anything to anyone. But still, come on then! Let the useless wandering offspring of ancient primates destroy the last little bit!
'The scientists hypothesise that interbreeding between our ancestral humans and early chimps created a third, infertile "hybrid" species, the human equivalent of a mule, the infertile offspring of a horse and donkey. Though incapable of breeding among its own, the hybrid is believed to have survived by mating with its parent human or chimp species, before the two separated to follow the two distinct evolutionary paths that led to modern humans and chimps.'
A third, sterile chimpenman/humanzee (ok, Chuman/Manpanzee), breeding back into both species?! Dawkins reckons that 'The discovery of a single chimpanzee/human survivor would demolish our system of ethics'. As if 'ethics' means anything to anyone. But still, come on then! Let the useless wandering offspring of ancient primates destroy the last little bit!
