[extropy-chat] Human Evolution

[The Avantguardian]

At first I thought this thread was kind of silly but as I did a bit of research on the topic, I found out it somewhat intriguing. On the subject of humanzees or manpanzees (human/chimp hybrids) I found an interesting trail of references to an alleged manpanzee named Oliver. 
 
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf110/sf110p06.htm
 
 
I was sceptical at first but apparently there was an article written about him in Science which is probably one of the most authoritative and well respected journals in the literature. I visited the Science website and found this abstract:
 
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/gca?gca=274%2F5288%2F727e&sendit.x=66&sendit.y=12 

I could not however find any links to the actual article online. When I have time, I will go to the biomed library and see if I can track down the paper version of the article. Not only that but apparently Oliver has been on TV with a Discovery channel program devoted to him.

http://animalplanet.discoveryeurope.com/humanzee/feature1.shtml

Hmm. Just one more reason I love biology. Even when you are considered an expert, it can still surprise you. BTW I find the term "non-biological life" to be oxymoronic as biology is the study of "life" with no qualification that it be based on carbon-chemistry. Even if you are talking about silicon based AI machines from Betelgeuse, it is still biological.

Cheers,

 



The Avantguardian 


"He stands like some sort of pagan god or deposed tyrant. Staring out over the city he's sworn to . . .to stare out over and it's evident just by looking at him that he's got some pretty heavy things on his mind."

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