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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Neanderthals for the heart?

How about adding this to the stimulus package, if we really want to spend money...

By next Valentine's day, provide a real Neanderthal Man to every woman who's grown tired of her metrosexual boyfriend and wants one. The NY Times reports...
Scientists in Germany Draft Neanderthal Genome

Scientists report that they have reconstructed the genome of Neanderthals, a human species that was driven to extinction some 30,000 years ago...

Dr. George Church, a leading genome researcher at the Harvard Medical School, said Thursday that a Neanderthal could be brought to life with present technology for about $30 million.
Hey, $30 million for the first one isn't so much. After that they'll be cheap.

In the meantime, it's settle for Valenswines.