Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”, 1963, PART TWO (II).

Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”, 1963 was the topic of an earlier blog post.

J. Yunis & O. Prakash, “The Origin of Man: A Chromosomal Pictorial Legacy”, 1982 was also the topic of an earlier blog post.

Here I present: Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”,1963, PART TWO (II).

Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”, 1963 was a science-fiction novel about humans becoming dominated by other “primates”. The total number of “primates” species is two-hundred and thirty-three (233) species.

Only humans can speak amongst the 232 muted-primates that are 232 speechless species of primates.

COMMENTS.

The science in this SciFi novel is “cytogenetics”, which the study of chromosomal DNA. The human chromosomes are shown ABOVE.  

And BELOW are the #2 chromosomes in order from left-to-right of: human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan.

The number two (#2) chromosome is all that is different between humans and the “other primates”.

The complete set of chromosomes human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan comparison is shown BELOW.  You can see that only the number two (#2) chromosome is combined humans short “p”-arm IIp and long “q”-arm IIq.

Here I presented: Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”,1963, PART TWO (II).

SUMMARY. 

A SciFi story is a “what if” from science into a plot.

The science in this SciFi novel is cytogenetics; and, the plot is based comparative primatology.  That being said, Pierre Boulle, “Planet of the Apes”, 1963 novel went on to become a film franchise that continues thrill cinema fans worldwide.  The “family tree” of primates is shown BELOW; and, movie goer’s like not being ATOP the “family tree” of primates. The total number of “primates” species is two-hundred and thirty-three (233) species.