PLAYING GOD Inside bizarre world of human-chimp hybrids HUMANZEES as creature was ‘born before being killed by scientists in 1920s’ Gordon Gallup, who coined the term 'humanzee', claimed that his former university professor told him the bizarre crossbreed was born at a research facility By Mark Hodge Updated: May 10 2021, 7:11 ET By Mark Hodge Invalid Date, A HUMAN-chimpanzee hybrid was born in a Florida lab 100 years ago before being killed by panicked doctors, according to a scientist. Renowned evolutionary psychologist Gordon Gallup coined the term “humanzee” which refers to a human-chimp crossbreed - a scientifically possible hybridisation which was attempted throughout the 20th century.