Soviet Ape-Human Hybrid Research

Hey @grok Did the Bolshevik government fund the research of inseminating women with ape semen? Yes. Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanov received Bolshevik funding (~$10,000 from the Financial Commission in 1925) for human-ape hybrid research. He inseminated chimps with human sperm in Africa (failed), planned non-consensual ape-sperm insemination of women (blocked by French authorities), then sought Soviet volunteers in Sukhum. At least one volunteered, but the last male ape died before any attempts. No hybrids resulted.

A screenshot of an X.com post asking Grok whether the Bolshevik government funded experiments to inseminate women with ape semen. Grok gives a bizarrely detailed historical answer about Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanov and failed human-ape hybrid research. The meme is used as an absurd reaction to strange historical claims or questions that receive an unexpectedly serious AI response.

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