Disaster Scientists splice human genes into monkey brains to make them bigger, smarter - What could possibly go wrong?

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What could go wrong?

Scientists made monkey brains double in size by splicing them with human genes in a “Planet of the Apes”-style experiment.

During the study, Japanese and German researchers injected a gene called ARHGAP11B — which directs stem cells in the human brain — into the dark matter of marmoset fetuses, according to a release about the research.

They found that the primates’ brains soon became more human-like by developing larger, more advanced neocortexes — the area that controls cognition and language, according to the study published in the journal Science in June.

According to images released by the researchers, the modified monkey brains nearly doubled in size at around 100-days into gestation.

“We found indeed that the neocortex of the common marmoset brain was enlarged and the brain surface folded,” said study author Michael Heide.

The neocortex is the newest part of the brain to evolve — one sign that ARHGAP11B may have caused brain growth during human evolution, the researchers said.

Ultimately, scientists opted to abort the monkey fetuses due to “unforeseeable consequences,” according to the release.

The study — conducted by the Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany and the Central Institute for Experimental Animals in Japan — is reminiscent of the 2011 flick “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” in which a race of genetically modified primates turn against humans and take over the Earth.
 
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Yes let's make nature's spastic kleptos even better at being spastic kleptos.

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Eh, Caesar was a good leader, a good father, and saw in shades of gray. Clown World needs more of that.

I for one welcome our new ape overlords.
 
Underestimated Nutria dijo:
I thought evolution doesn't work from the neck up/intelligence isn't hereditary or based on a genetic substrate!
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Who the fuck is the moron who says that?

Intelligence is highly heritable. The evolutionary process isn't something that just happens as a matter of course, pressures from environment etc. spur it via encouraging the proliferation of more well-adapted individuals (and inhibiting the proliferation of poorly-adapted ones). Crocodiles are likely mostly the same as they were hundreds of thousands of years ago because aside from maybe a decrease in overall size, the species is well-adapted to its environment. There's not much pressure for a crocodile to be smarter. High levels of intelligence require a complex brain, and complex brains require a lot of energy, a bigger braincase, etc.
 
Homoerotic Cougar-kun dijo:
Who the fuck is the moron who says that?

Intelligence is highly heritable. The evolutionary process isn't something that just happens as a matter of course, pressures from environment etc. spur it via encouraging the proliferation of more well-adapted individuals (and inhibiting the proliferation of poorly-adapted ones). Crocodiles are likely mostly the same as they were hundreds of thousands of years ago because aside from maybe a decrease in overall size, the species is well-adapted to its environment. There's not much pressure for a crocodile to be smarter. High levels of intelligence require a complex brain, and complex brains require a lot of energy, a bigger braincase, etc.
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That intelligence isn't hereditable is basically the consensus among Redditards + humanities PhDs every time a new GWAS comes out identifying another few dozen genes additively responsible for IQ.
 
Wow, this fucking racists are actively trying to make niggers obsolete, is anyone going to stand against this travesty?
 
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