Discussion
I watched a couple of things over the weekend (Oblivion and some dinosaur documentary on National Geographic, I think) that got me thinking about cloning.
The documentary concluded by saying that any DNA found in dinosaur remains is likely not complete enough for us to recreate an actual dinosaur, which is fair enough, but haven't they found fully frozen / preserved woolly mammoth in the past?
I can't believe that, given they've cloned a sheep (albeit with some health complications), that they haven't had a go with the mammoth! How could you not?
Even if it's just a mammoth / elephant cross-breed type thing (you can probably tell I'm not a world leader in such matters).
Then there's human cloning... I know there are "rules" about such things but I really, really can't / don't believe that it hasn't happened somewhere at some point. Especially when you consider how many other things that there are "rules" about, that it later transpires were ignored as and when it suits any particular organisation / country etc.
Do you think we (humans...ones more clever than me) were / are happy to leave it at small mammals or is there a lot that we don't and possibly won't ever know about?
The documentary concluded by saying that any DNA found in dinosaur remains is likely not complete enough for us to recreate an actual dinosaur, which is fair enough, but haven't they found fully frozen / preserved woolly mammoth in the past?
I can't believe that, given they've cloned a sheep (albeit with some health complications), that they haven't had a go with the mammoth! How could you not?
Even if it's just a mammoth / elephant cross-breed type thing (you can probably tell I'm not a world leader in such matters).
Then there's human cloning... I know there are "rules" about such things but I really, really can't / don't believe that it hasn't happened somewhere at some point. Especially when you consider how many other things that there are "rules" about, that it later transpires were ignored as and when it suits any particular organisation / country etc.
Do you think we (humans...ones more clever than me) were / are happy to leave it at small mammals or is there a lot that we don't and possibly won't ever know about?
AnonSpoilSport said:
So all he needs to complete his experiment is a willing female and a country where human cloning isn't illegal? On that basis I really can't believe that it hasn't already been done.
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