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Photo of George M. Church (Courtesy Harvard University Center for the Environment)

Neanderthal baby thing not really happening, prof says

1/22/2013

Ladies, stand down: Your collective uteruses are not needed to spawn a reconstituted Neanderthal baby. At least not yet, says a Harvard professor who claims his quotes on the topic were mistranslated by German magazine Der Spiegel. Geneticist George M. Church supposedly sought a woman interested in carrying a Neanderthal fetus to term, in part so we could problem-solve our way through existential problems facing the planet. But now that his comments have gone viral, Church is stepping back, saying, "[All] I’m saying [is] we need to start talking about it today." Talking: It's how most bad plans start. [Source]

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