Would Xenos And Humans Be Able to Cross Bred?

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**Commissar NIkev**

You know.....I don't think I've seen anyone say this so I'll say it.

If you really wanna see if a Xenos and a Human can cross breed, put me in a room with a cute Banshee and I'll make her Howl!

**Ultra mortalitas**

Grey Templar: Exterminatus! +3

Commissar Nikev: +1

**Mr Morden**

Slarg232 wrote:

Why had no one posted this before?

thats very cool - where is it from?? Is if from the I-Chan thingy (?) although I am sooo old not really sure what thiat is :( although seen a coupel of amusing pics of a Assassin and a Eldar.

reminds me a bit of my favourtie Commisar and Lady Inquisitor.....................except he ia little more discrete..........

on the OP - as others have said - do you want them to ?

again as other mentioned it was in earler editions but less likely to happen now

If the Adeptus Mechanicus / Eldar / Necrons wanted to make it happen - they probably could - the Dark Eldar might do it for really icky reasons .............................

**Commissar NIkev**

Mr Morden wrote:do you want them to ?

Yes. who doesn"t?

**Melissia**

Mr Morden wrote:thats very cool - where is it from?

http://mr-culexus.deviantart.com/

**Mr Morden**

Melissia wrote:
Mr Morden wrote:thats very cool - where is it from?

http://mr-culexus.deviantart.com/

thanks - much appreciated

**fallen_wolfborn**

Two questions, 1) does that count?
2)Would you agree with Levy?

**MasterSlowPoke**

Kilkrazy wrote:Limited vvidence from human populations indicates that out-crosses (such as Japanese/European) tend to be genetically healthier than crosses within the local population -- so-called hybrid vigour, if you will.

This makes sense scientifically considering that the evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction is the shuffling and mixing of genes.

What kind of rubbish science do you subscribe to.

**Morgrim**

Hybrid vigour is well known, but tends to only show clearly when the original populations were at least moderately inbred to start with. So it's more 'returning to normal levels'. It doesn't apply to this situation either.

**MasterSlowPoke**

Yes, hybrid vigor exists - for breeds of plants and animals that are actually significantly different from each other. Europeans and Asians, despite common belief, are extremely genetically similar, and I'd be very surprised to see any peer-reviewed experiment say otherwise.

**Grey Templar**

Such a thing in humans would be more likely between a person from deep in Africa and someone from Alaska.

It would also happen with people from Jungle tribes who gradually move into a civilized area and begin to cross breed with outsiders.

**MasterSlowPoke**

Not really. Even the most genologically separated people are about as genetically diverse as a more typical animal and it's second cousin.

**Grey Templar**

It isn't very pronounced in this age of rapid transit.

it probably isn't super pronounced when it does happen.

Hybrid vigor most likely exists in humans, but the result would only be of any appreciable difference in the case of extreme inbred populations.

**MasterSlowPoke**

Does it really "exist" if it's inconsequential?

**sennacherib**

I am not sure you could use the term hybrid appropriatly with respect to various ethnic groups of people as we are all of the same species and we are very closely related to one another(The mitochondrial eve hypothesis).
Hybrids (between species) tend to suffer drawbacks in their fitness. Thats why hybrid zones are found along the edges of two species territories, example being firebelly toads and yellow belly toads. Their offspring are not as fit as the parents.
Still... i dont think that a crossbreed would be realistically possible between two organisms that share no common ancestor. As focussed fire pointed out like five pages ago, the use of technology could enable this kind of union, but outside of this realm, crossbreeding would not be a likelyhood.

**Gearhead**

The straight answer to the question is Absolutely NOT. It takes very little genetic (or even physiological) difference to render two partners completely incompatible and unable to breed, even in the same species! It'd be completely impossible with another species that developed in an altogether different biosphere.

You keep hearing about how much shared genetics we have with chimpanzees, and I can guarantee that we will never EVER see a human-chimp hybrid. And I live near Tijuana, so I'd have heard something by now.

**Commissar NIkev**

Gearhead wrote:Absolutely NOT

Good sir, in the Universe of 40k. We can still try

**Melissia**

But it's heresy to do so.

**focusedfire**

Quote from the Homer Heresy:

"Yes, sweet delicious heresy. Hmmm...Hersy covered Donuts...(Drool)aaaaahghghg"

**Luke_Prowler**

Melissia wrote:But it's heresy to do so.

It's double Heresy.

**Commissar NIkev**

Not if I sing them to sleep after the loving.

**H3ct0r**

Quote from the Homer Heresy:

"Yes, sweet delicious heresy. Hmmm...Hersy covered Donuts...(Drool)aaaaahghghg"

You sir, get +13 internets

Not if I sing them to sleep after the loving.

You sir get +14 internets

**Grey Templar**

Well, If you want to act like you can get an "Huldar" go ahead and try.

Don't blame me when that Shieldbreaker round comes through the window.

NIKev's gonna be with that Banshee and his final words will be.

"What's that sou-BLAM"

**xxmatt85**

It would be HERESY.

**Melissia**

xxmatt85 wrote:It would be HERESY.

No no no. You aren't emphasizing it enough.

It would be HERESY.

**H3ct0r**

^ Impressive.

In all realism they would not be able to crossbreed but in this universe crazier things happen so you could say, I don't know and unless there is some fresh fluff out we can only speculate.

**vodo40k**

No no no let me try. It would be:

**Ultra mortalitas**

No no no, it would be:
HERESY!!

**Kilkrazy**

Enough heresy.

This thread has gone as far as it can. Let's discuss lady marines instead.