SCIENTISTS JUST INSERTED A HUMAN INTELLIGENCE GENE INTO MONKEYS

[Quixote1818]

By: Gaia Staff | April 16, 2019

A team of Chinese scientists recently inserted copies of a human gene believed to be associated with intelligence, into the brains of rhesus monkeys in an attempt to narrow the intellectual evolutionary gap. And according to their results, monkeys who were introduced to MCPH1 showed “remarkable” improvements in short-term memory.

The experiment sparked similar ethical concerns as when a Chinese scientist modified the genes of a human baby late last year, using CRISPR technology to give it HIV immunity.

But despite the dreadful image of an ape with near-human sentience, à la Cornelius from Planet of the Apes, the study arouses some interesting relevance to the ancient astronaut theory that humans may have been seeded by an advanced species from elsewhere in the cosmos.

Unlike the incredibly extensive amount of time it takes for most physical traits to evolve, the human brain’s evolution happened extraordinarily fast. In the span of about two to three million years – a blip on evolutionary timelines – our brains doubled in size, and subsequent intellect. What was the catalyst for such rapid growth? Did someone introduce some gene(s) to our ancient hominid ancestors, like Australopithecus, which turned us into the intelligent Homo sapiens we are today?

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[Quixote1818]

4. The humans are the antagonists in the re-boot. nt

[BigmanPigman]

2. The fucking moron's brain could use some of that gene since

the DNA he was born with is obviously faulty (not human or intelligent). Didn't Bill Maher get sued by tRump for asking if his mother was an orangutan and he wanted proof in the form of a birth certificate on his TV show?

[Beartracks]

3. Like this...?

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[Renew Deal]

5. Uh huh

[jmowreader]

6. Just pray they didn't get the genes from anyone in this worthless administration

Old and bad joke follows: A team of scientists found a female creature they believed to be the Missing Link between man and apes. To prove it, they needed an offspring produced as a union of a human and this beast.

However, none of the scientists would do the deed, so they decided to offer a reward to the man brave enough to put it all on the line for science. They put an ad in the National Enquirer: "$10,000 to mate with ape. Call Joe at (xxx) xxx-xxxx."

Three days later, Donald Trump called. "All I'd have to do is fuck a monkey, right?"
"Well, mate with her until she got pregnant, anyway."

"Fine," said Trump, "I'll do it. But I have three conditions."
"All right," said the scientists, "what are they?"

"First, Melania must never know."
"We can do that."

"Second, the children must be raised Republican."
"We can do that too."

"And most important..."
"Yes, Mr. President? What's the most important thing?"
"Well...the most important thing is that I have to pay in installments."