# Human/chimpanzee hybrids: do you think they've been attempted, or ever will be?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 1, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-chimpanzee-hybrids-do-you-think-theyve-been-attempted-or-ever-will-be/541526 "2010-06-01T17:36:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-chimpanzee-hybrids-do-you-think-theyve-been-attempted-or-ever-will-be/541526/41 "2010-06-03T23:51:43Z")

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Well, I did answer the poll, I think it’s inevitable, given the advances made in understanding genetics, fertility treatments etc. Probably using IVF with the resulting creature implanted in a host mother’s uterus. I have a feeling along the lines of "when something can be done, it will be, eventually. (Not saying it’s a good idea, not something I’d ever do.)

The interesting question is whether such a creature would be human and what rights it would have. I suspect that a humazee would have low intelligence, and would need to be protected from exploitation. Much the same as a ‘pure’ human with a learning or developmental disability. If this is the case, I think it should have the same rights as any human. They are not slaves, not to be tortured or experimented on. They should not be regarded as ‘disposable’. I think this was explored pretty well in Heinlein’s “Jerry was a man.”

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