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Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov | |
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Born | August 1 [O.S. July 20] 1870 |
Died | 20 March 1932 | (aged 61)
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | University of Kharkiv |
Known for | artificial insemination |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biology |
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (Russian: Илья́ Ива́нович Ивано́в, August 1 [O.S. July 20] 1870 – March 20, 1932) was a Russian and Soviet biologist who specialized in the field of artificial insemination and the interspecific hybridization of animals. He is famous for his controversial attempts to create a human–ape hybrid by inseminating three female chimpanzees with human sperm.[1]