In the early 20th Century, long before science fiction popularised fears of genetic experimentation, one Soviet biologist pursued a deeply controversial goal that blurred the line between science and ethics: the creation of a human-ape hybrid. His name was Ilia Ivanov, a Russian zoologist whose work in artificial insemination had already earned him scientific recognition for … [Read more...] about The True Story of the Soviet Scientist Who Tried to Breed a ‘Human-Ape’ Hybrid