[AnotherUnixGeek]

And no, we shouldn't clone anything that is extinct, especially any sentient thing. It would be cruel and possibly dangerous.

Would it have to be either? Say we did clone a Neanderthal, and we accorded him or her every legal protection and every legal right that any human being gets. Why would this be cruel or dangerous? Of course the Neanderthal would have no say in his creation, but that's true of all of us. He might have limited social skills and no chance at reproduction, but that's true of millions of World of Warcraft players too. I think it'd be perfectly possible to accord a Neanderthal every respect due a human being and still learn an enormous amount about this close relative of ours.

[HospiceNurse]

I think it'd be perfectly possible to accord a Neanderthal every respect due a human being and still learn an enormous amount about this close relative of ours.

Do you think we should do the same for the great apes and dolphins too?

[Traianus]

NEANDERTHALIAN COMBAT CLONES BY A SPREE....
ThinK ABOUT IT!!
;-)

[TigersEye]

It would be a lonely, depressed and pathetic being. Especially if it were intelligent enough to understand how it came to be here and why. Given what we know of the way they lived it probably would be smart enough to figure that out.

[pepsi_junkie]

He might have limited social skills and no chance at reproduction, but that's true of millions of World of Warcraft players too.

Now that's funny!