Friday, February 12, 2010

Test Tube Cave Baby

People are thinking about cloning Neanderthals:
A stem cell with Neanderthal DNA could be implanted in a human blastocyst--a cluster of cells in the process of developing into an embryo. Then, all of the non-Neanderthal cells could be kept from growing. The individual who developed from that blastocyst would be entirely the result of Neanderthal genes.
Their manners may be crude,
but if they will shovel snow
in exchange for fire and food,
the project is a go.

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