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From: daver@sci.UUCP (Dave Rickel)
Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.bio,soc.women
Subject: Re: Univerrsal Common Female Ancestor
Message-ID: <10107@sci.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 17:19:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 14 17:19:14 1987
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Summary: ape men
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In article <548@bucket.UUCP>, leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
> As I recall, human DNA is similar enough to gorilla that a hybrid would
> quite likely be viable! Of course, no one is going to try it. It is a real
> can of worms ethically....

I don't believe this is correct, but of course, i could be wrong.  I remember
that humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees all seem to be about equidistant from
some common ancestor on the evolutionary tree--that gorillas are as closely
related to man as they are to chimpanzees; ditto with chimps.

I do recall reading that human hemoglobin is close enough to gorilla
hemoglobin (the difference is one amino acid in one protein chain) that it is
virtually certain that some human has the equivalent of gorilla hemoglobin in
his veins.


david rickel
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