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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 79 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Hank Green has a good video on the subject. This is like grafting genes into chimpanzees to make them stand upright and be hairless, and calling them human. There's some cool technology going on here, but it isn't anywhere near a full clone.

https://youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the link, that's an interesting material. However, I had to re-read that sentence three times trying to make sense of clothing items in genetics.

UPDATE: It has been fixed. Thank you : ).

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 4 points 10 months ago

Well, have you tried bending over in skinny jeans?

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Stephen Baxter catching strays...