eli5 if horses can breed with donkeys and goats can mate with sheep why can’t we make human / ape cross overs?
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Horses, Donkeys, and Zebras are all part of the same Genus, which is why they can produce offspring. Sheep and Goats are not the same genus, but are still closely related enough to mate although most offspring are stillborn.
Primates, however, are a very broad family amd as a result are more gentically diverse.
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