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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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[–] fixmycode@feddit.cl 72 points 6 days ago

talking to girls is not that hard, dude

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 85 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

Other close relative species don't exist anymore.

[–] Nounka@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We all fo...breeded with them to our kind

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Breed with, out-competed, killed... All options on the table, the important thing is to get busy.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 63 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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 6 days ago (2 children)

Where can one read more on the second paragraph?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] buran@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I think it's up to 10% from what I remember watching in some documentaries.

[–] No_Money_Just_Change 44 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

would like to know more

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

Asking for a friend?

[–] Juice@midwest.social 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ఠ ͟ಠ

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago

Kim Kardashian?

In terms of human PokΓ©mon compatibility /ref

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago
[–] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 days ago

Is 8chan still a thing? Honestly I like the concept of image boards and thought it was cool of 8chan to allow you to make your own boards. But of course image boards attract the worst

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're short a comma. It's the American Ghost Comma right after 'humans'.

Remember that Rogers Telecom paid out a million bucks because it couldn't write a clear sentence.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Him: "Which animals can I fuck?"

You: "This reminds me of canadian contract law. Also I can use this as an opportunity for language prescriptivism."

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Actually the question was, "which animalbcan I breed with?". I think it's important not to misrepresent the facts.

As for rogers, they didn't have to pay Alliant because the court changed its mind after reading the french version of the contract. In the french version, it is clear the english contract means the plainly obvious interpretation, not the lawyery silent american comma bullshit!

The deal was a five year term, that auto renews for five years unless you cancel it a year in advance.

Alliant wanted to cancel the contract inside the first five year term, the gall of these lawyers!

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions

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