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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 11:11 PM
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20. I think I'd draw the 'human' line based on whether the species can mate with humans
As far as I know, chimps cannot...fruitfully, anyway. I suspect, but have no proof, that H. neanderthalensis probably could, ergo I think they should be considered 'human'.

But just because a particular primate is not human doesn't mean we should exploit it. That's how the Planet of the Apes got it's start, for gawd's sake...
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  -Would it be legal to clone a caveman? Quixote1818  Nov-24-07 10:15 PM   #0 
  - Excuse my Pessimism. Americans would vote him in for President.  BlueJazz   Nov-24-07 10:23 PM   #1 
  - Maybe scientists learned how to do this back in 1946  Quixote1818   Nov-24-07 10:26 PM   #2 
     - I suspected as such. :)  BlueJazz   Nov-24-07 10:52 PM   #18 
  - Why would a cloned caveman not be a human?  MonkeyFunk   Nov-24-07 10:29 PM   #3 
  - Depends on what kind of "Caveman"  SharkSquid   Nov-24-07 10:31 PM   #4 
     - Yep. They would have to come up with laws defining what cavemen qualify as fully human  Quixote1818   Nov-24-07 10:37 PM   #6 
     - Have you read Arthur C Clarks books?  SharkSquid   Nov-24-07 10:38 PM   #8 
        - I kind of agree with him on that. They can communicate feelings etc.  Quixote1818   Nov-24-07 10:40 PM   #10 
           - Most, if not all mammals, and plenty of non-mammals...  MonkeyFunk   Nov-24-07 10:46 PM   #12 
              - I think it is the awareness of time  SharkSquid   Nov-24-07 10:50 PM   #15 
     - I guess  MonkeyFunk   Nov-24-07 10:39 PM   #9 
        - I'd imagine they probably would be.  Basileus Basileon   Nov-25-07 12:33 AM   #26 
  - Can you imagine instead of exhibits of man through the ages made up of  GreenPartyVoter   Nov-24-07 10:35 PM   #5 
  - Holy Shit!!!  Quixote1818   Nov-24-07 10:38 PM   #7 
     - And if they can do THAT, then this could also happen some day  GreenPartyVoter   Nov-24-07 10:43 PM   #11 
        - Or even worse!  Quixote1818   Nov-24-07 10:51 PM   #16 
           - Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! *runs screaming into the night* But wait! What if we  GreenPartyVoter   Nov-25-07 12:26 PM   #28 
  - First define "caveman".  drm604   Nov-24-07 10:48 PM   #13 
  - Given the shift in demographics... Repugs will have to promote  hlthe2b   Nov-24-07 10:50 PM   #14 
  - it would a very interesting dilemma for the anti-evolutionists...  Didereaux   Nov-24-07 10:51 PM   #17 
  - Define "caveman"  TechBear_Seattle   Nov-24-07 10:54 PM   #19 
  - I think I'd draw the 'human' line based on whether the species can mate with humans  htuttle   Nov-24-07 11:11 PM   #20 
     - I made no mention of chimps  TechBear_Seattle   Nov-25-07 12:55 AM   #27 
  - You would need Dubya's DNA.  Rick Myers   Nov-24-07 11:23 PM   #21 
  - Stupidest commercials I ever saw.  edbermac   Nov-24-07 11:35 PM   #22 
  - Here's a good article  frogmarch   Nov-25-07 12:02 AM   #23 
  - dude, we got 'em already: they have "R" behind their name.  kineneb   Nov-25-07 12:29 AM   #24 
  - It would certainly be human. Now, an Australopithecine--that's trickier.  Basileus Basileon   Nov-25-07 12:32 AM   #25 
  - where do you think repukes come from?  leftofthedial   Nov-25-07 12:57 PM   #29 
  - They already did. He became your president.  LeftishBrit   Nov-25-07 01:06 PM   #30 
 

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