Zinger · Roswell alien
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1976 a chimpanzee named Oliver with "human" behavior…
Q: In 1976 a chimpanzee named Oliver with "human" behavior was found to have a chromosome count of 47, which is one more than humans and one less than chimps.
A: Fiction. Although Oliver the chimpanzee garnered a great deal of attention for his tendency to behave more like a human than a chimp, his chromosome count was 48, which is normal for chimpanzees.
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