[Dimensio]

If the embryo is not a living human being then what is it Dimensio, a dead aardvark.

An embryo is a collection of identical living cells that have not yet formed a fetus, though there are stages prior to the embryonic stage.

Your reply is almost as pitiful as the pro abortionists nonsense equating dandruff to an embryo.

I have made no such comparison. Your reply is a non-sequitur.

Laughable on it's face to anybody that understands even rudimentary biology and systems.

The biologcial elements are not disputed. What is disputed is the point at which the cell or collection of cells is to be called "human". As I have said, this is a purely philosophical matter. You cannot use science to show that a collection of cells without a functioning nervous system is or is not a "human being"

[jwalsh07]

What species is the human embryo? (There's a hint in the question.)

Is the living embryo alive or dead? (There's a hint in the question.)

Two simple questions. They should be no problem for somebody of your talents.

[metmom]

An embryo is a collection of identical living cells that have not yet formed a fetus, though there are stages prior to the embryonic stage.

Not according to Merriam-Webster, unless you have your own special evo List-O-Definitions definiton for that, too.

Main Entry: em·bryo
1 a archaic : a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching b : an animal in the early stages of growth and differentiation that are characterized by cleavage, the laying down of fundamental tissues, and the formation of primitive organs and organ systems; especially : the developing human individual from the time of implantation to the end of the eighth week after conception

Note the last part: especially : the developing human individual from the time of implantation to the end of the eighth week after conception

Now here's some links to embroyonic development up until that 8 week stage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/fetusdevelopment.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002398.htm