A scientific study released recently revealed that humans contain some Neanderthal DNA. Neanderthals and humans are different species, so this means there was some freaky inter-species mating going on. Slate’s Explainer column today presents an article titled, “Can humans mate with other animals?”
Now, that title’s pretty badass on its own. I mean, who *wouldn’t *want to read about that? But it’s not until the second-to-last paragraph that it truly blew my mind (emphasis added):
Neanderthals weren’t our ancestors’ only dalliance with other primates. “Pre-humans” and “pre-chimpanzees” interbred and gave birth to hybrids millions of years ago. In the 1920s, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sent an animal-breeding expert to Africa in hopes of creating an army of half-man, half-monkey soldiers. Attempts both to inseminate women with monkey sperm and impregnate female chimpanzees with human sperm failed.
How, I ask you, how could any journalist write an article containing those words — presented as fact — and not decide to write more on the topic? Half-human, half-monkey commies don’t deserve their own article? Here’s Slate’s source, for further reading.
Imagine this little guy on the wrong side.
