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A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate.
The process would not be legal in many countries and would involve using DNA extracted from fossils.
George Church, a genetics professor of Harvard School of Medicine, said that the process was possible and that far from being brutal and primitive, Neanderthals were intelligent beings.
They are believed to be one of the ancestors of modern man and became extinct 33,000 years ago. He added that altering the human genome could also provide the answers to curing diseases such as cancer and HIV, and hold the key to living to 120.
He told Der Spiegel, the German magazine: “I have already managed to attract enough DNA from fossil bones to reconstruct the DNA of the human species largely extinct. Now I need an adventurous female human.”
The professor claims that he could introduce parts of the Neanderthal genome to human stem cells and clone them to create a foetus that could then be implanted in a woman.
Prof Church helped start the Human Genome Project that mapped human DNA and is well respected in the field. His comments will surprise most geneticists who believe that cloning humans is unacceptable. It is illegal in Britain.
Prof Church said: “We can clone all kinds of mammals, so it’s very likely that we could clone a human. Why shouldn’t we be able to do so?”
He added: “Neanderthals might think differently than we do. We know that they had a larger cranial size. They could even be more intelligent than us.
“When the time comes to deal with an epidemic or getting off the planet or whatever, it’s conceivable that their way of thinking could be beneficial. They could maybe even create a new neo-Neanderthal culture and become a political force. The main goal is to increase diversity. The one thing that is bad for society is low diversity.”
Prof Church said the technique would involve artificially creating DNA from fossilised material and introducing this into human stem cell lines.
He discusses his idea in his latest book, Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves.
He rules out recreating older human ancestors or dinosaurs, as was the subject of the Jurassic Park films, because the age limit of useful DNA is about one million years, he said.
He told the magazine: “One of the things to do is to engineer our cells so that they have a lower probability of cancer.
“And then once we have a lower probability of cancer, you can crank up their self-renewal properties, so that they have a lower probability of senescence [ageing].”
Prof Church indicated that the Neanderthal baby could grow up too look something like this.
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I wish you were as afraid of the computer as you are of dogs and guns!!
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I wish you were as afraid of the computer as you are of dogs and guns!!
The story is true by the way, I threw the T-Bombz joke in for fun
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The story is true by the way, I threw the T-Bombz joke in for fun
It was funny ;D
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"They could maybe even create a new neo-Neanderthal culture and become a political force"
That doesnt sound too promising
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"They could maybe even create a new neo-Neanderthal culture and become a political force"
That doesnt sound too promising
Well we do need someone to stand up to the feminists, Maybe A few Neanderthals is just what we need. Although it will mean an end to the knuckle dragging, illiterate, club wielding cave man cartoons though, suddenly, they will be considered politically incorrect.
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Something tells me they would be the new welfare class.
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It was funny ;D
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Countdown to real life Jurassic park....
The process would not be legal in many countries and would involve using DNA extracted from fossils.
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Countdown to real life Jurassic park....
i'm betting that a brontosaurus would make for good eating
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according to some that's how we can about, we where created to be slaves to mine gold, then we got so smart we killed those who made us
see books by zacharia sitchin / sumerian tablets
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according to some that's how we can about, we where created to be slaves to mine gold, then we got so smart we killed those who made us
see books by zacharia sitchin / sumerian tablets
HOLY SHIT, and from left field we have a Wiggs Fan! Didn't see that coming! Still trying to get my head around DARWINISM, and now this!
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Why does he think it would live?
Since neandethals have become extinct, viruses and other pathogens have been adding to our genome. Wouldn't those sequences be missing from the neanderthal DNA?
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Why does he think it would live?
Since neandethals have become extinct, viruses and other pathogens have been adding to our genome. Wouldn't those sequences be missing from the neanderthal DNA?
No different than a native american being introduced to our population.
Anyhow this sounds like utter nonsense. Maybe in 20-30 years but not any time soon.
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I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman!
here is her telephone number 69 333386
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I wish you were as afraid of the computer as you are of dogs and guns!!
QFT
This^^^
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(http://i48.tinypic.com/142qyph.jpg)
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(http://i48.tinypic.com/142qyph.jpg)
That's awesome, good job!
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HOLY SHIT, and from left field we have a Wiggs Fan! Didn't see that coming! Still trying to get my head around DARWINISM, and now this!
Leave me out of this.
BTW, this is not a good idea playing God. This won't end well.
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I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman!
here is her telephone number 69 333386
I lol'd
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Leave me out of this.
BTW, this is not a good idea playing God. This won't end well.
Speaking of Neanderthals, Wiggs, did you hear the second amendment was created to keep your ancestors in line. ;D
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Speaking of Neanderthals, Wiggs, did you hear the second amendment was created to keep your ancestors in line. ;D
Shut your face liberal convict. I have black, white and jew ancestors so I'm all kinds of fucked up.
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Shut your face liberal convict. I have black, white and jew ancestors so I'm all kinds of fucked up.
Sorry to hear about all the raping in your family history! Oh well, Chin Up, they say mongrel dogs are the best.
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Sorry to hear about all the raping in your family history! Oh well, Chin Up, they say mongrel dogs are the best.
There were no rapings you pale trash. Your ancestors were filthy convicts. I can trust nothing you say. You are now on a list you don't want to be on. My shitlist. You've been warned...
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Shut your face liberal convict. I have black, white and jew ancestors so I'm all kinds of fucked up.
please. you're as jewish as manti teo.
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There were no rapings you pale trash. Your ancestors were filthy convicts. I can trust nothing you say. You are now on a list you don't want to be on. My shitlist. You've been warned...
Of course their weren't any rapings in your black, white and jew ancestry. ;) My ancestry is ENGLISH, they were the jailers and not the convicts.
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Of course their weren't any rapings in your black, white and jew ancestry. ;) My ancestry is ENGLISH, they were the jailers and not the convicts.
Keep telling yourself that. You're a British reject.
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Of course their weren't any rapings in your black, white and jew ancestry. ;) My ancestry is ENGLISH, they were the jailers and not the convicts.
(http://www.mmalinker.com/wiki/images/f/f3/Nj.jpg)
BULLSHITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Keep telling yourself that. You're a British reject.
No it's true, some of my ancestors probably owned some of yours!
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No it's true, some of my ancestors probably owned some of yours!
This is not something to be proud of.
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This is not something to be proud of.
I didn't say I was proud of it, just said it was a possibility. I am not responsible for my now deceased ancestors.
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I didn't say I was proud of it, just said it was a possibility.
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LYING TWINK FUCK!
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LYING TWINK FUCK!
Are you serious dude, did you think for a nanosecond that was a picture of me, your way to gullible to be a getbigger! On a side note, did you know the moon was made of cheese!
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Are you serious dude, did you think for a nanosecond that was a picture of me, your way to gullible to be a getbigger! On a side note, did you know the moon was made of cheese!
(http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2004_Troy/004TRO_Nathan_Jones_001.jpg)
Hey lying homo, you don't get any fucking say about anything on Getbig.
LYING COCK-SUCKER!