Chapter 20
Biology: A Guide to the Natural World · 2 exercises
Problem 1
A common misconception in society is that scientists are hunting for a "missing link" that falls in an evolutionary line between human beings and apes. Why does our current knowledge of human evolution make the concept of a missing link meaningless?
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Problem 2
With the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome, some scientists have argued that it is now theoretically possible to produce a Neanderthal through a combination of genetic engineering and cloning. If such a thing were done, how do you think society would treat any Neanderthal that resulted? As a species more akin to chimpanzees, which is to say subject to being kept in zoos? Or as regular, if somewhat different, human beings?
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