Ilya Ivanov

Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
Ilya Ivanov, 1927
BornAugust 1 [O.S. July 20] 1870
Died20 March 1932(1932-03-20) (aged 61)
NationalityRussian
Alma materUniversity of Kharkiv
Known forartificial insemination
Scientific career
Fieldsbiology

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]

  1. ^ E. P. Fridman; D. M. Bowden (January 2009). "The Russian Primate Research Center – A Survivor". Laboratory Primate Newsletter, Volume 48, Number 1. Retrieved 22 May 2017.