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Is there any animal, closely related to humans that a human can breed with? (lemmy.ml)

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

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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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[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 53 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

I'm fairly sure I got more Naendrathal genes than human. I have so much hair, it counts as fur :/

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You will be assimilated... with fucking.