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CthulhusEvilCousin

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11. Perhaps illegal

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 12:12 AM

Jan 2013

Isn't it illegal to clone human beings? Or so I've heard, at least in the United States. Studies of the genome have already shown that humans and Neanderthals mated in the distant past. If they could breed with successful children who weren't infertile or had some other serious issue, by definition Neanderthals are the same species as us, physical characteristics aside. Down in Australia, they have found human skeletons of women as tall as 6 feet, with men around seven feet tall, and yet they are still human.

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