Oliver The Famous Upright Walking Chimp (Humanzee) Died On June 2nd at Age 55 :-(

Sad news over the weekend everyone. Oliver, also known as "Humanzee" on the 2006 Discovery Channel documentary died last Saturday. He was 55 years old (which is remarkable compared to most chimps in captivity). The chimp was famous for walking upright, which is something that most chimps are capable of-- but Oliver was different, he did it almost all the time. Many thought he was a hybrid or a missing link of some sort.

The DNA test results featured on the Discovery Channel documentary confirmed that he was just a normal chimpanzee. Although Oliver's his DNA confirmed him normal, "something" was different in his chromosomal structure differing him from all other primates -- but what, exactly, was not specified.