Originally posted by wet1
Aliens and Neanderthals, artificial insemination? This one I don’t think I can buy into.
- If the aliens were this advanced to make it here, surely they would not want their genes tainted with an inferior gene base.
- It is very doubtful that these genes would be compatible between two races. Even with gene splicing and editing it is very unlikely that a viable offspring would emerge.
- In nature, usually the mother will abandon offspring that is not likely to make it. This saves strain on the mother trying to raise such offspring and also encourages that the species will go stronger or at least maintain it’s current level of hardiness.
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It would be presumed that any race of beings would want it’s progeny to in essence be like them. Nature imbues survival into what it develops or it doesn’t make it.
In spite of all the hoop-a-la over gene splicing and what it can do, there are very few compatible mixes that are successful compared to the endless possibilities that can be looked at to be created.
It is suspected that the Neanderthal was not compatible in its genes with that of Homo sapiens. It is well known that man will try to breed with almost any other race given the chance. And during a time of steal a mate (or club it and run with it mentality) surely this would have occurred many times over. But gene research does not lead us to this possibility.
Folks, I gotta disagree with this one.
With your response in A you said tainted? You are thinking like a "human" imagine your self to be a super- intelligent being, I mean, like the secret of the universe type. Would prejudice be such an issue?? If you saw a species on the brink of extinction and you had the power to make it become self aware and intelligent would you not ? I mean look at God, if you are a Christian, he could be called an Alien yet he was lonely enough to create us. He, in fact allowed himself, a perfect being to create us(the not so perfect being) so any way you look at it scientific or religious it is just possible.
There is no way that I we know everything there is to know about genes. There are somethings in this world that debunk even some of the greatest theories in science.
And lastly humans follow by example any one can be taught or trained if you want to think like an animal to change habits. There is some evidence in history that suggest that we had some 3rd hand interference.
I am sorry I just can't agree that it could not be possible until we know the truth no one can tell me that it can't happen. Anything is possible, anything just ask the wright brothers when they said they would never be able to fly like a bird.
Originally posted by pragmathen
About the aliens coming here and originally breeding with Neandertals, I've wondered this as well. I couldn't help but wonder if attraction would play a part, though, you know. I keep imagining myself as the alien visitor saying to himself, "Okay, here we go. This is going to be rough to say the least." The aliens probably kept repeating this mantra to themselves, "Just think of Miss Vega, just think of Miss Vega ..."