Reproduction
Topics from the archives of the Mad Science Museum related to reproduction. Arranged in descending chronological order.
Electrified Sheep
& Elephants on Acid
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Ivanov’s Human-Ape Hybrid (1927)
For decades dark rumors circulated alleging that the Soviets had conducted experiments to try to create a human-ape hybrid by breeding chimpanzees and humans, but it wasn't until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening of Russian archives that the rumors were confirmed. Dr. Il'ya Ivanov was a world-renowned expert on veterinary reproductive biology, but he wanted to do more in life than breed fatter cows. So in 1927 he traveled to Africa to pursue his vision of interbreeding man and ape. |