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Geneticist claims humans evolved from pig-chimp mating

Mark Frauenfelder
Dec 26, 2024
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Are humans the result of a pig and a chimpanzee mating? Maybe, says Eugene M. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Georgia, and specializes in studying hybridization in animals.

Uri Bram, in his delightful Atoms vs Bits essay, says the idea that humans are chimp-pig hybrids is worth considering.:

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