So easy a caveman could do it?

Why Not Bring a Neanderthal to Life? - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com

Geico jokes aside, William Saletan over at Slate did a piece on this exact same question a few weeks ago.  The biggest question seems to be consent, but does anyone really consent to being born?

Saletan puts it this way:
"Is the idea repugnant? Absolutely. But that's not because we'd be defacing humanity. It's because we'd be looking at it."
I'll put out the same question as Tierney:
"What do you think? Should we try to resurrect a Neanderthal?"

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