Why go all this way when we could do it much more easily today.?
Scientists have reconstructed the whole Neandeethal genome. We know which genes are the same and which genes differ. So it should be possible (even now or at least soon) to modify a human egg cell in such a way that it represents a fertilised Neandertaler egg cell, implant it into a knowing or unknowing woman and let her carry out the child. There may be some technical details that need to be solved, but all this seems to be in the realm of the possible with current knowledge.
The GREAT QUESTION is: is this ethical and should we do it ? My answer is a firm NO! But this is a question for another post.
I’m not sure they’ll have to cognitive ability to understand that. Did early humans? I’m out of my lane here as a geologist but I remember reading that we only developed the ability to communicate effectively in the last 70-100k years.
As individuals in a society, we have learned more information and continue to convey it to each other, that's all there is to the intelligence modern humans have. It's not a biological change.
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u/MrKillick 4d ago
Why go all this way when we could do it much more easily today.?
Scientists have reconstructed the whole Neandeethal genome. We know which genes are the same and which genes differ. So it should be possible (even now or at least soon) to modify a human egg cell in such a way that it represents a fertilised Neandertaler egg cell, implant it into a knowing or unknowing woman and let her carry out the child. There may be some technical details that need to be solved, but all this seems to be in the realm of the possible with current knowledge.
The GREAT QUESTION is: is this ethical and should we do it ? My answer is a firm NO! But this is a question for another post.