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submitted 3 months ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Ok, I am not supporting bestiality here. But, I just came to know about a Dogxim, a dog fox hybrid and I had known for a long time that horses and donkeys can breed (to produce a mule). So, I was just curious, can humans breed with any other animals closely related to us?

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[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 170 points 3 months ago

Tinder not working out as expected?

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 80 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why else would I ask that question? Completely unrelated but you won't happen to have any goats nearby, would you?

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 135 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Homo sapiens are the last remaining species of hominina. Our closest remaining relatives, the Pan (chimpanzees and bonobos) diverged at least 6.5 million years ago. Though there is some evidence early hominina may have interbred with pan after the divergence as recently as 4 mya.

This is more recent than dogs and foxes by a long way, and about the same as donkeys and horses. That, plus chromosomal analysis and some other research suggests it could be possible for a human and chimp or bonobo to interbreed, though likely not create fertile offspring. However, there has never been a confirmed case of this occurring, despite multiple claims.

Edit: useful articles:

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago

Welp, now I am curious. There are like 10 billion of us, this can't not happen.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Excellent answer!

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[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 95 points 3 months ago
[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 43 points 3 months ago

There must have been a misunderstanding, when I said I want to "eat pussy", this is not what I meant

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[-] SkyeStarfall 20 points 3 months ago

i didnt fuck my cat. i didnt cum on my cat. i didnt put my dick anywhere near my cat. Ive never done anything weird with my cats.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

"I did not have has any sexual relations with that cat"

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[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago
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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

There is a good reason for that image.

here be psychic dragonsA cat is fine too

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[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 82 points 3 months ago

Not anymore. We assimilated the neanderthals a long time ago.

Other close relative species don't exist anymore.

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[-] fixmycode@feddit.cl 74 points 3 months ago

talking to girls is not that hard, dude

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 63 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No, not since Neanderthals, Denisovians and friends went extinct.

Even Neanderthals are a bit of a partial case, since the hybrid males were mostly sterile. We know this from the pattern that Neanderthal genes appear in modern DNA.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Where can one read more on the second paragraph?

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Uhh, I think there was a Nature article about it. Per the Wikipedia, basically there's just stretches of the X chromosome that are deserts of Neanderthal DNA, because when a Neanderthal allele is present and there isn't a second copy, it's a reproductive dead end and selected out.

Oh, here.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

For a specific example, Ozzy Osbourne has some Neanderthal DNA which might possibly explain why he's still alive lol

[-] buran@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Most people of non-African origin (a fact that helped pinpoint where the mixing happened and when) have 1-3% or so, the amount varying by person and region.

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 60 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I just found this, so you'll have to read it too: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3657105/prostitute-orangutan-pony-tragic-story/

Summary:

TW: sexual animal abuseFemale orangutan named Pony was used as a prostitute for years. She was chained to a bed, shaved every other day leaving her with irritated, itchy, sore-covered skin. They also put make-up, perfume and jewellery on her, and taught her to perform sex acts. The local community didn't want to let her go because she was generating great revenue. In the end it took 35 armed police officers to rescue her.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago
[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

He won't find you here, this is Lemmy :')

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

Welp. That’s fucking awful.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Can that summary be hidden, like with a spoiler tag? I can't stomach this stuff. It'll be days before I am not constantly thinking about that poor abused animal.

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[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 52 points 3 months ago

Breed with? No, not since we out-bred and out-competed Neandertals. And Denisovans. And at least one other ancestral human subspecies in sub-Saharan Africa. So at least 3 ancient homo sapiens subspecies that we used to interbreed with, but none left now.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

We still have their genes, so we've got that going for us...

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 44 points 3 months ago

Conventional prehistory says there used to be animals we could interbreed with, but that we in fact bred with them so much that the hybrids replaced the creatures made to get said hybrid.

These replaced peoples were, of course, designated members of the homo genus, which Homo Sapiens (the scientific name for humans) gets its name from, and they include things such as (using their common names, not their scientific names) Neanderthals (geographically found in Southern Europe), Denisovans (found mostly to the West, towards Asia), and Hobbits (yes, hobbits, they were found in the Pacific). Nothing of note happened in America.

The Neanderthals and the Denisovans are of particular note, as their territories overlapped commonly, and there are cave findings that show they themselves interbred with each other and produced perfectly functioning offspring. I can only hope when they were engaging in the act, they asked to mingle and ended it with "no homo".

There are, however, reports that, at the same time in prehistory, we did try to breed with other animals that haven't been replaced, typically the great apes, as evidenced by lice samples found in both us and them, but that this, quite expectedly, didn't lead to any hybrid outcomes.

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 43 points 3 months ago

Your mom!

*sorry, 80s nostalgia hit hard for a second there.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago

At least wait till I ask a question about a cow or something

[-] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 42 points 3 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee

There were multiple attempts to cross humans and chimpanzees, all of which failed. However, through gene editing, human-chimpanzee and human-pig chimeras were created.
These are just normal animals, but their inner organs are made to be compatible for human organ donation.

[-] Dungrad@feddit.org 38 points 3 months ago
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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 34 points 3 months ago

There used to be Neanderthals (homo sapiens neanderthalensis) and a few others, we basically interbred them out of existence.

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[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Not since the Neanderthals left us

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

That's absolutely preposterous, I am still alive and my friends say I am one of them Neanderthals

[-] Dragonfruit 6 points 3 months ago

Maybe there still are neanderthals but they're just really good at hiding and are plotting to overthrow humanity

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Keep talking like that and you too can become the Vice President's favorite philosopher

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago
[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Asking for a friend?

[-] Juice@midwest.social 16 points 3 months ago
[-] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
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[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago

Kim Kardashian?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

There were rumors of a human/chimp hybrid decades ago:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee

Despite the existence of Oliver, it still seems unproven:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_(chimpanzee)

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

The Nazis & the Japanese experimented with this as well. AFAIK neither faction ever achieved anything resembling success. Fertilization occurs, but then immediately stops as there's no compatibility, and the cells die.

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[-] kittenzrulz123 10 points 3 months ago

In terms of human Pokémon compatibility /ref

[-] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago
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