Harvard - Wanted: 'Adventurous woman' to give birth to Neanderthal man

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<p>[‘Adventurous</a> human woman’ wanted to give birth to Neanderthal man by Harvard professor | Mail Online](<a href=“'Adventurous human woman' wanted to give birth to Neanderthal man by Harvard professor | Daily Mail Online”>'Adventurous human woman' wanted to give birth to Neanderthal man by Harvard professor | Daily Mail Online) </p>

<p>"They’re usually thought of as a brutish, primitive species.
So what woman would want to give birth to a Neanderthal baby?
Yet this incredible scenario is the plan of one of the world’s leading geneticists, who is seeking a volunteer to help bring man’s long-extinct close relative back to life. </p>

<p>Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School believes he can reconstruct Neanderthal DNA and resurrect the species which became extinct 33,000 years ago."</p>

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<p>Yeah, okay. I’ll believe it when it happens.</p>

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<p>I’ll give it a go! - Mary Shelly</p>

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<p>Yeah, sure. What ethics committee would ever approve this?</p>

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<p>A bit mismatch of technology, cutting edge DNA construction needing a good old volunteer.</p>

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<p>I’m afraid that this volunteer will need to be quite young. Her uterus must be perfect.</p>

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<p>Can we do away with the Neanderthal slander? ;)</p>

<p>“Archaeological evidence demonstrates that Neanderthals made musical instruments. The book “Neanderthals Sing” explores their amazing propensity for singing – even above language. So even though they may have had a bellicose nature – they also may had a much deeper, more beautiful and tender way of communing with each other through song. The curiously empathic Neanderthals were tapped into the symphony of nature.” :)</p>

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<p>And then what? Is this woman going to raise the Neanderthal baby? would a Neanderthal have the mental ability to exist in a modern world? Or is the researcher planning on putting this baby on exhibit? Really smart people have some really dumb ideas.</p>

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<p>No, yes, not exactly, indeed.</p>

<p>It’s the volume of ideas that counts.</p>

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<p>If it can be done, seems cruel to create only one. Wouldn’t she be lonely?</p>

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<p>Isn’t that website basically a tabloid?</p>

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<p>OMG.
LOL. He’ll need a woman, no.
Seriously, though, creepy. Poor Neanderthal guy.</p>

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<p>second headline:
Wanted: Neanderthal man to sleep with adventurous woman.</p>

<p>I cannot wait for the post 18 years hence.
Chance me for Harvard…me stats BAD, but me born there. Me have chance?</p>

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<p>Why a neanderthal man – why not a woman?</p>

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<p>Well… in the immortal words of Jeff Goldblum …Just because you can (assuming this is actually possible) doesn’t mean you should…</p>

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<p>Just want to point out that there’s no actual evidence that Neanderthals were less intelligent than modern man. </p>

<p>Now the anthropologist in me will shut up and the rest of me will go oy vey.</p>

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<p>psychmom - where is your quote about neaderthal man and music coming from?</p>

<p>I do find the ethics part quite baffling. </p>

<p>Will the genetics ethics apply here? </p>

<p>Will a neanderthal person be considered human?</p>

<p>Assuming this professor gets a volunteer, is this considered legal at this time, i.e., is anyone aware of any laws that would be broken?</p>

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<p>If anything in clan of the cave beat can be believed the mom would have a difficult delivery guess it’s good there’s c-sections! </p>

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<p>Someone should write a novel…</p>

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<p>Musica – Your post had me rolling. </p>

<p>Seriously – what is wrong with these researchers? Maybe they need a woman too.</p>