Is it possible for a human and another species to reproduce?
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When you say "naturally" I guess you exclude behavior? Because behavior would obviously be one thing that would prevent such mating! Well, let's assume we can find a crazy human and a crazy monkey that would accept doing such thing. The question still holds! – Remi.b Jan 15 '14 at 16:20
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you are right.I have edited the question according your comment.thank you – Sina Jan 15 '14 at 16:23
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With our closest relatives, the bonobos/chimpanzees at least, this isn't possible due to differing chromosome counts. – Chinmay Kanchi Jan 15 '14 at 16:29
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@ChinmayKanchi is it actually impossible or will it just lead to deformed offspring? Would an egg be fertilized and then die during development or is fertilization itself impossible? – terdon Jan 15 '14 at 16:56
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1@ChinmayKanchi: Horses have 64 chromosomes, and donkeys have 62. – ruakh Jan 15 '14 at 17:27
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@ChinmayKanchi do you mean that if we find an animal with same chromosome counts then we can have a hybrid of that and human?thank you – Sina Jan 15 '14 at 17:39