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An Alternate Human

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-the-original dept.

B0b Barker writes "What has six limbs, a prehensile tail, its brain in its chest, and reproductive organs in its mouth? The alternate human designed by biologist PZ Myers in Remaking Humanity, a story in Forbes.com's package on Reinvention. It may sound fantastic, but researchers are already working to re-build DNA, proteins and cells in a new field called synthetic biology, and we may have to meet these bug-eyed freaks sometime in our lifetime."

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  1. reprod organs in mouth? by eosp · · Score: 5, Funny

    how's that a change?

  2. Uh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    It may sound fantastic, but researchers are already working to re-build DNA, proteins and cells in a new field called synthetic biology, and we may have to meet these bug-eyed freaks sometime in our lifetime.
    With that sentance structure "bug-eyed freaks" clearly refers to the subject; the researchers.
  3. Is it just me, or does the 'Alternate Human' ... by ColdCoffee · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...look suspiciously like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

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  4. bug-eyed freaks by Apostata · · Score: 4, Funny

    "we may have to meet these bug-eyed freaks sometime in our lifetime"

    Dare to dream. Personally, I say we drop everything and try to make the reception on cell phones better.

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  5. Behold!!!! by gasmonso · · Score: 5, Funny

    I present you the five-assed monkey!

    http://religiousfreaks.com/
  6. Re:Oh boy... by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even though 99.9999% of all gods are about as real as the Easter Bunny

    You're off by .0001% there, buddy. Next time don't do the calculation on an old Pentium.

  7. Dynamic tension by wombatmobile · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no particular necessity that the brain would form in the head

    In modern humans the heart is positioned midway between the brain and the genitals, pumping blood to both.

  8. Question by dwalsh · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...reproductive organs in its mouth"

    Whose?

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