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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 79 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Well, have you tried bending over in skinny jeans?

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Stephen Baxter catching strays...