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Should We Clone a Neanderthal?

Posted by kdawson on from the they-are-among-us dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "Forget cloning a woolly mammoth — should scientists clone a Neanderthal? Such a feat should be possible soon, although it raises a number of bioethics concerns, including where to draw the line between humans and other animals."

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  1. Yes, because they would make by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    great hockey players!

  2. Yes by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cause then it would no longer be socially acceptable for women to call us that anymore.

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    1. Re:Yes by internetcommie · · Score: 5, Funny

      What if it turns out they are just like us?

    2. Re:Yes by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

      The jokes are funnier if I don't have to explain them.

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    3. Re:Yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The next issue is, are they similar enough to reproduce with us, and give fertile offspring. That's a huge issue nobody would want to touch.

      Given the boyfriends my ex has been through in the past couple of years, I think nobody might be a bit strong.

    4. Re:Yes by daveewart · · Score: 5, Funny

      Put me in a room with a bear, repeat a hundred times and see who comes out on top. Doesn't mean the bear is smarter.

      I think it might mean that, actually. You just said "Put me in a room with a bear". Well, duh... you're clearly not that smart.

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    5. Re:Yes by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

      That wouldn't matter. The Neanderthals being the new "hot" in town would steal everyone's girlfriends. They would even be making movies out of it, probably calling it something like "dusk."

      Our only solace is that the Geico commercials will really piss them off.

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    6. Re:Yes by The+Real+Andrew · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now thats a reality show I would watch

  3. Clone 'em??? by nysus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't having one of them run the country for eight years bad enough?

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  4. Re:"The Dead Will Rise" by Broken+scope · · Score: 5, Funny

    But when the inevitable species war erupts, we can end racism.

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  5. Religious point of view by Amiralul · · Score: 5, Funny

    If God have meant for us to clone a Neanderthal, He would provide us the tools and the knowledge to do that!!

  6. What? by neokushan · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's like asking "Should I flash linux onto the Microwave so I can use it as a file server?" or "Should I port Doom to the Credit-card reader I bought off eBay?" or "Should I build a deliberately complicated system of relays, pulleys, levers, programs and scripts so that I may control the precise movements and power output by a bog-standard toaster remotely, from 500 miles away?". I mean, really, do you have to ask? Of course we fucking should!

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  7. Evolution by Detritus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Survival of the fittest does not mean survival of the smartest or survival of the strongest. What if Neanderthals are mentally and physically superior to Homo Sapiens? I can't wait to hear the NFL Players' Association bitching about unfair competition. These guys used to hunt mammoths with wooden spears. They don't need protective equipment and they will kick your ass.

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  8. Re:Not animals by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    So "not animals" only applies to plant life.

    And once again our fuzzy friend the fungus has been ignored.
    Mushrooms have feelings too you insensitive clod.

  9. Re:Silly Humans! Clone an EINSTEIN !! by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are plenty of those here already!!

    Indeed. What I want to know is what attracts them all to YouTube.

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