Whether driven by morbid curiosity or in pursuit of offspring with desirable characteristics, humans have selectively bred ...

In May 2008 a cross-party attempt to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated on a free vote in the House of Commons, by 336 to 176. MPs had been debating the Human Fertilisation and ...

Japan's government approved a request for stem-cell experiments meant to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. The experiment, which still requires approval from the ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.