We May Soon Be Able to Clone Neanderthals. But Should We?

Discover Magazine ^ | February 10, 2010 | Andrew Moseman

[PelosiisaLOSER1]

I’d think the Neanderthals would be HIGHLY INSULTED if they were cloned today....
They invented FIRE, and ART as well as PHILOSOPHY.........
They’d look at OTHUGO and say......
YOU BROUGHT US BACK FOR THIS????????????
W at LEAST have a CERTAIN LEVEL OF CIVILIZATION!!!!!!!!!
HOW CAN YOU CALL THIS DUDE CIVILIZED??????????????
ROFL

[SunkenCiv]

Nope. The DNA studies of the 1990s did no such thing. This fiction sure comes up on FR an awful lot though, usually the “citation” is from an unsourced anonymous blurb in an English language “news” source in India.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks James C. Bennett for the ping, and thanks 2ndDivisionVet for posting the topic. The Neandertal Enigma by James Shreeve in local libraries Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127] To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Comments?

"Long time no see!"

[DesScorp]

We should never ever clone humans of any kind. That’s an abomination.

[James C. Bennett]

Oh, those weren’t my words. I thought you might be interested in refuting them, here.

[xzins]

We May Soon Be Able to Clone Neanderthals. But Should We?

So easy a cave man could do it.

[Grunthor]

“We May Soon Be Able to Clone Neanderthals. But Should We?”

Can we eat them? If not then I say we clone the large mammals instead. Mammoth and Giant sloth steaks for the starvin’ africans.

[wendy1946]

You might could make an exception to that in a situation such as is described in Genesis 19:32 in which the survival of the human race on the planet appears at stake; but no way in hell should anybody be cloning neanderthals to see if it could be done.

[colorado tanker]

I say no. We should not clone human life and certainly not to make it an object of study. Even if done in the interests of science, in substance the subject(s) would feel like they were being exploited. We shouldn't do that to human beings, even if they are not us, just close cousins. We've gotten beyond this, I hope.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, I recognized the words, and I thank you again for the ping.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[James C. Bennett]

You’re welcome, SunkenCiv!

I always enjoy the articles you post.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!