Planet of the Apes - E-book - ePub

In February 1926, Russian biologist Ilya Ivanov embarked on a journey to Africa with an extraordinary mission: to create a human-monkey hybrid. This bizarre experiment, financed by the Russian government, aimed to combine the strength and flexibility of monkeys with human intelligence, resulting in what was sensationalized by the English newspaper "The Sun" as "Stalin's army of monkeys." This article delves into the details of Ivanov's experiment, the subsequent fascination and fear surrounding great apes, and how these themes have been explored in literature and film, particularly in the iconic "Planet of the Apes" series.