I for one think that a bonobos crossbreeding program is the best hope for humanity… no more bar fights - only bar orgies.
To be fair Blake, some discussion of the viability/vitality of the “new breed” has to be pegged down or pondered. How many rights they’re eventually granted will probably depend on how much of a “real human” they are in the eyes of umm, real humans. I could see a stratification of rights if, as in the case of ligers, the females could re-enter the stream and intermarry/bear children but males were born sterile.
Though that’s all probably after mental ability considerations.