{"id":809,"date":"2010-08-03T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2010-08-03T18:11:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T22:11:18","slug":"809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"Clones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old joke, updated: Do you have any Neanderthal in you? Do you want one?<\/p>\n

Ok, so you may have heard that all humans of non-African descent have a small percent of Neanderthal genes buried away in our double helix. So that’s exciting.<\/p>\n

In other Neanderthal news, there’s a discussion about whether it would be ok to scrape together the small amount of Neanderthal DNA we can find in fossils and such, and create a living being.<\/p>\n

We can’t do this yet. We can’t even come close. So it’s good that we’re having the conversation now.<\/p>\n

And the answer is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. We should never ever ever ever clone a complete Neanderthal person.<\/p>\n

Mind, you, I’m ok with cloning humans, pieces of humans, sheep, pieces of sheep, etc.<\/p>\n

But a Neanderthal is a thinking, rational being, with emotions, the ability to speak, and a fine brain who would be all alone and an object of ridicule and scientific study without giving permission.<\/p>\n

So some people said, hey, let’s create a colony of them, so they won’t be lonely. Yeah, colonies of extreme minorities always do really well, right?<\/p>\n

Nope. Don’t do it. I’m on record.<\/p>\n

See:<\/p>\n

Should We Clone Neanderthals?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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