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The Soviets have tried this before - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanovich_Ivanov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanovich_Ivanov .
by simplesleeper 9y ago
The Soviets have tried this before - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanovich_Ivanov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanovich_Ivanov .
- thomasahle 9y agoThis is mentioned in the article: > During the 1920s, a Russian biologist with the marvelously Slavic name Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov appears to have made the first serious, scientifically informed efforts to create a genetic hybrid between chimpanzees and human beings. Ivanov had the perfect qualifications: Not only did he possess a special interest in creating interspecific hybrids, he was an early specialist in artificial insemination, who had achieved international renown as a successful pioneer when it came to horse breeding. Prior to his work, even the most prized stallions and mares were limited to reproducing by “natural cover”—i.e., the old-fashioned way, one mounting at a time. But Ivanov found that by appropriate and careful dilution of stallion semen, combined with adroit use of the equine equivalent of a turkey baster, he could generate as many as 500 foals from a single genetically well-endowed stallion. His achievement caused a worldwide sensation, but nothing compared to what he next attempted. > And failed.
- AstralStorm 9y agoWell, cloning is hard. As in really actually hard to get a result. Even harder to modify the organism in the process. Hybridizing is even harder with most distantly related species. Much was not understood in 1920s which is why they would fail. A reminder: it was almost a century ago.