"Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should."
"Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should."
"But it is "sample intensive," he said, and he isn't sure enough DNA is available to complete the work. "
That's my thoughts too...there's just not enough undamaged dna.
I’m expecting somebody holding my “donor card” to knock on my door any day now, ready to call the chit. I could save them a lot of lab time by just giving them a sample.
And we can display them! We call it, oh, I don’t know, Quaternary Park, maybe...
Unless they decide to raise him in a cave with no language I would suspect that the “neanderthal” will turn into an unrecognizable part of society, except for maybe the extra large forehead, smaller stature, etc. that some other “moderns” have. I wonder if his vocal chords are developed enough to achieve proper speaking or would he just be normal, etc.
I like Man vs. Wild and Survivorman, I would like to see how he would fare, but that would be cruel, denying him an ipod and all that.
And the point of doing this would be?
I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely curious. I assume it's already been discussed...and there's probably an answer that fits the dogma, I just don't know what it is.
It took but the first post for the GEICO caveman to show up. Good work!!
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The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer'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]
by James Shreeve
Redheads ‘are neanderthal’ [Free Republic]
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3adc5573604d.htm
London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of Neanderthals...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322006/posts
Are We Not Men???
(we are devo)
Are We Not Men!?!
(dee-ee-vee-oh)
I really don’t know why they feel they need to go to all this trouble. Mr. Fairview already exists; they could just study him. I promise you, there’s very little difference between Mr. Fairview and other Neanderthals except frequency of showers.
This is excellent news! Since some scientists seem hellbent on recreating dinosaurs from DNA, it’s only appropriate that we also have cavemen around who know how to deal with them.
BACK TO THE FUTURE! sez I
I was thinking more on the line of the images I remember of Barbara Bach in a fur bikini. Now that was a cave person.
John Kerry, paging Senator John Kerry ...
Reconstructing Caveman DNA. It’s So Easy, Even An Anthropologist Can Do It.
Maybe this should be done. If we regress 40,000 years or 200,000,000 and reboot from there our descendants [literally] might get it right this time.