Neanderthals, or "cave men" as they're sometimes called, were something like our cousin species. They gave existing their best shot, but evidently they just weren't cut out for the job, and eventually faded into extinction. Life's a race, and not only did we beat them to the finish line - we've been running laps around their long-deceased corpses.
Ha ha, suck it, chumps!
Well, we're now trying to get into this whole cloning business. Like the graceful winners we are, scientists have decided to try and resurrect our long lost cousin of a species.
But how will we create New-anderthals? Well...
Complete Genomics
It's basically like the movie Baby Mama, except minus Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and the incest plotline (Note: I have not seen Baby Mama).
So, how bad could it be? I mean, for the surrogate mother, what could she exp-
Alright, ladies, science is calling you. Just don't all sign up at once.
Ha ha, suck it, chumps!
Well, we're now trying to get into this whole cloning business. Like the graceful winners we are, scientists have decided to try and resurrect our long lost cousin of a species.
But how will we create New-anderthals? Well...
Harvard geneticist George Church recently told Der Spiegel he’s close to developing the necessary technology to clone a Neanderthal, at which point all he’d need is an “adventurous human woman” — einen abenteuerlustigen weiblichen Menschen — to act as a surrogate mother.
It’s not out of the question at all. As MIT Technology Review‘s Susan Young points out, scientists cloned an extinct subspecies of ibex in 2009. It died immediately, sure. But they still cloned it.
It's basically like the movie Baby Mama, except minus Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and the incest plotline (Note: I have not seen Baby Mama).
So, how bad could it be? I mean, for the surrogate mother, what could she exp-
According to a 2008 study of a Neanderthal infant skeleton (from which the above image is taken), “the head of the Neanderthal newborn was somewhat longer than that of a human newborn because of its relatively robust face,” and Neanderthal women generally had a wider birth canal than human women. Neanderthal birth was simpler than human birth, because Neanderthal infants didn’t have to rotate to get to the birth canal, but otherwise the processes were very similar.
Alright, ladies, science is calling you. Just don't all sign up at once.