tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post8951626041660205187..comments2024-03-28T12:46:20.637-04:00Comments on alien romances: Primate RelationsRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-4570934020361164122010-05-16T09:31:45.983-04:002010-05-16T09:31:45.983-04:00Quite a concept. We all ponder many things, but I...Quite a concept. We all ponder many things, but I wonder how many have contemplated this, or what it might mean. I think I'll have to go and consider it some more. Thanks. It might make a very good journaling prompt. Peace and all good things for you in your work and in life.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />DianeD.M. SOLIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753807150268735755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-9352905997149512732010-05-15T21:32:56.673-04:002010-05-15T21:32:56.673-04:00Great post, thanks for the info!Great post, thanks for the info!Heather Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913459109753829391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-44705600454213232922010-05-15T14:23:25.138-04:002010-05-15T14:23:25.138-04:00Here's an editorial about the Neanderthal rese...Here's an editorial about the Neanderthal research from today's Baltimore SUN:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bs-ed-neanderthals-20100515,0,2839981.story" rel="nofollow">Baltimore Sun</a><br /><br />Notice the speculation about bringing back the Neanderthals by creating them from retrieved DNA. That strikes me as more problematic than recreating extinct "lower" animals. The editorial asks whether, if this project were ever carried out, we should display such beings in a zoo or send them to Stanford for an education. It's possible that the public as well as the scientific establishment might look differently upon extinct hominids recreated by DNA splicing than upon a colony of existing Neanderthals discovered living in secret. "Constructed" hominids might be looked upon as property -- or as a new kind of domestic animal. <br /><br />I'm reminded of the title character in Heinlein's FRIDAY, who wasn't regarded as human (and accepted the nonhuman classification for herself) because she was artificially created in a lab instead of conceived naturally. But she still had fully human genes!Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-72535711929865754752010-05-13T12:11:16.625-04:002010-05-13T12:11:16.625-04:00Margaret:
This tidbit also captured my attention....Margaret:<br /><br />This tidbit also captured my attention. I posted the BBC item to my facebook page on this subject.<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8660940.stm <br /><br />Remember the Sime~Gen premise that the human genome continues to mutate producing sub-mutations on both Sime and Gen sides? This creates a medical profile mosaic that defies solution until computers. <br /><br />Well, it's turning out to be pretty much true that no two of us are alike. So we better be willing to breed with "aliens" because each one of us is an alien to all others. Unique.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.com