Imagine the world as only beautiful people. Everywhere you look is a Cindy Crawford
look-a-like: 5'9", brown hair, brown eyes, and the perfect smile. A "Master Race." Do we really want to reenact Adolf Hitler's plan of seeking world domination killing million upon millions as
a "final solution?" Instead of killing, we'd be reproducing millions, going against nature. Say
we went and got one of Princess Diana's cells and implanted that in an egg that was then placed
into a surrogate mother. Nine months later, we would have a baby Princess Diana. Only trouble
is, this baby would only resemble Princess Diana in looks, not personality, character, or
individuality. Her whole life wouldn't be what it had been; she wouldn't be "her." What if your
newborn son died? Just think; you could have a second chance. Is this morally or ethnically
right? Cloning of humans should be forbidden, but cloning of human body parts for medicinal
purposes should be allowed.
Cloning hasn't been a big issue or ever thought to have actually been made to work until
1997 with the successful birth of a lamb named Dolly. Out of 277 eggs implanted in different
sheep mothers, Dolly was the only lamb successfully born. The method used to clone Dolly was
scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland took a cell out of the mammary gland. They then
used an electrical pulse to coax an adult cell into merging with a host egg whose nucleus had
been removed . This method being very unsuccessful brought on a new one where scientists
used mice, injecting just the adult nucleus into a nucleus free host instead of using an electrical
pulse. They also had let it set for two hours before stimulating it to start dividing. The success
rate was 2-3 in 100. Now knowing that we could clone sheep and mice, scientists were up to the
possibility and challenge of cloning humans. As soon as it became public knowledge that
cloning was really happening and becoming more successful, the USA imposed a ban on federal
funding for human-cloning research. Several states have established restrictions, some even banning cloning completely.
Cloning is not morally or ethnically right. Morally, scientists would be taking the role of
God. If a clone dies, where would they go? In religious beliefs, clones would have no souls
because God didn't create them. Cloning would alter the definition of ourselves.
These individuals are portrayed by modern society as brooding, selfish, beasts of nature. Evidence can be pulled from all over Europe to provide a perfect explanation about how Neanderthals were anything but. Neanderthals had the ability to take care and look after those who could not do so for their self. One of the best-known cases of compassion among the Neanderthals was the “Old Man of La Chapelle.” This name was given to a male found in a limestone bedrock found in France in 1908. He was dated to have lived 56,000 years ago and was the first nearly complete Neanderthal specimen ever found. Scientist estimate that he was relatively old by Neanderthal standards and where his teeth used to be have now been grown in with bone. This indicates that the man lost his teeth sometimes long before he died, allowing the gums to heal and bone to takes it place. He was lacking teeth and would have had trouble chewing his food, this combined with his age would have made survival rather difficult. The old man’s skeleton was also riddled with other sorts of ailments, broken bones, which made life difficult to handle unless he had helped. The other members of the community would have worked together to take care of him until his death. Other Neanderthals remains have signs of server damage that could have been potentially life-threatening, but evidence shows that some of the injuries were completely healed. Indicating that those Neanderthals that had suffered grievous injuries were nursed back to health by other members of the
In 2001 scientist attempted to create a cloned human embryo, they had consulted all the necessary sources before getting the “ok” to begin “creating”. Then they had to find a female subject to donate eggs. To start the process of cloning they need to use a very fine needle and get the genetic information from a mature egg. Then they inject it into the nucleus of a donor cell. The female donors were asked to take psychological and physical tests to screen for diseases and what not.
In recent years, the Homo Neanderthalensis were viewed as “subhuman brutes”, but are now seen as a different species from our own (Balter 2001). The Neanderthals were a branch of the Homo genus that evolved in Eurasia at least 200,000 years ago (Fagan 2010). The first Neand...
For centuries Homo sapiens have been considered the most unique species in the primate order. Researchers have shown that Homo sapiens are not the most unique in the homo genus, there have been ancestors that have the same traits that many people consider unique to human. One of these traits is the ability to walk bipedal, which no other primate can do well. It is difficult to state which of the ancestors were the first “humans”, but through various evidence, it can be determined that the Homo neanderthalensis or Neanderthal, were the first to show signs of being human.
...IV burials are known to have had some 'traditional' medical uses, even among comparatively recent 'modern' populations. In other cases Neanderthal burials included grave goods, such as aurochs and bison bones, tools, and pigment ochre although again the evidence for this is disputed (Solecki 1975:880-881). Neanderthals made and used a diversified set of sophisticated tools, they were able to control fire, they lived in shelters, made and wore clothing, were very skilled hunters of large animals however also ate plant foods, and occasionally made symbolic or ornamental objects (Villa & Soriano 2010:5-28). There is evidence that Neanderthals deliberately buried their dead and occasionally even marked their graves with offerings, such as flowers. No other primates, and no earlier human species, had ever practiced this sophisticated and symbolic behavior.
With the arrival in Europe of modern humans, with an advanced and sophisticated technology 40,000years ago, Neanderthals started to vanish. Around 35,000 years ago temperatures started to decline and the most recent Neanderthal remains are found south in isolated seaside caves in Spain. Some tools are 29,000 years old. Neanderthals were still living in Croatia as recently as 28,000 years ago and in southern Spain only 30,000 years ago. The Croatian population had some modern human anatomical characteristics. A fossil of a 24,500-year-old early modern human child unearthed in
The Neanderthals are an extinct species of human that lived in ice age Europe between 120,000-35,000 years ago. This species is known for their receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. We know this species as the uncivilized or unintelligent person or group. Neanderthals are often portrayed as “unintelligent cavemen in animal-skin clothing.” Scientists’ first thought the Neanderthals’ were subhuman, but that thought is beginning to change. The original name given to the Neanderthals when they were first discovered was ‘Homo Neanderthalensis’ and they were considered to be an ancestor to modern humans. “Forty-four years after this biased classification, Neanderthals were reclassified as a human subspecies Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis and
My own opinion on this issue is that from the evidence at hand, there is no way to know for sure whether or not the Neanderthals were our species. From the skeletal evidence, it is clear that they were anatomically different from modern humans, and we know that this is because of geographic isolation. We also know that they have been found in the same locations, and it appears at the same time. If they were truly part of our species, then there would have been blending of the two types in these places. Trying to determine this from fossilized bones from a tiny percent of the population, limited DNA, and imperfect dating methods is impossible. Even if anthropologists think they are sure of either viewpoint, there may be evidence out there that will prove them wrong. So at this point in time, I think both scenarios are equally possible.
Spearmann thought of cloning as a way to study cell differentiation. Briggs and King used the technique of nuclear transfer on amphibians and it was successful (Campbell). “Subsequently John Gurdon demonstrated the potential to reprogram differentiated cells by producing adult Xenopus using epithelial cells from developing tadpole intestine as nuclear donors,” says Alberio Campbell. Unfortunately, later studies show that this method of cloning tadpoles didn’t allow them to develop to the adult stage of life (Campbell). “The use of enucleated metaphase II oocytes as recipient cytoplasts proved more successful and in 1986 resulted in the production of live lambs using blastomeres from 8 to 16-cell stage embryos as nuclear donors,” says Campbell. This success in sheep was also used on other mammals such as cattle and swine. There were limitations to the technology. First, the “frequency development was very low”...
Standardized Tests are not effective at measuring student achievement (“Standardized Tests Do Not” 1). They also cannot tell what your main abilities are, or what you even know. Standardized Tests are bad for the classroom because they restrict learning, force teachers to teach to the test, and they do not effectively measure students’ abilities.
We see a diverse group of clients, whom we refer to as patients, however, a majority of our patients suffer from a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Commonly, our patients are treated with medical and psychotherapeutic modalities. Most of our on staff therapists and social workers use cognitive behavioral techniques during therapy, but I have been using an integrative approach with solution-focused brief therapy techniques in the mix. I like to use solution-focused brief therapy for various reasons. Essentially, our patients are with us for only a short period of time. For example, most of our patients are discharged within three days of their admission, with the exception of the court-committed patients who are waiting on a bed at the Mississippi State Hospital. It only makes sense to use an approach that focuses on making small changes in a short amount of time. In addition to this, we also deal with patient’s family members. Often times, family members are not educated on the illness and create more problems. I think it is important for patients along with their family members to create small changes and make
Students spend the majority of their time preparing for standardized tests, instead of spending their time learning. In addition, standardized tests give students anxiety, and could lead them to want to drop out of high school due to all of the stress. I believe that standardized tests should not carry so much weight in the education system. They should serve as checks of the educational system rather than as a determinant of the future of
Standardized testing is not an effective way to test the skills and abilities of today’s students. Standardized tests do not reveal what a student actually understands and learns, but instead only prove how well a student can do on a generic test. Schools have an obligation to prepare students for life, and with the power standardized tests have today, students are being cheated out of a proper, valuable education and forced to prepare and improve their test skills. Too much time, energy, and pressure to succeed are being devoted to standardized tests. Standardized testing, as it is being used presently, is a flawed way of testing the skills of today’s students.
Cloning is defined as the process of asexually producing a group of cells, all genetically identical, from a single ancestor (College Library, 2006).” Cloning should be banned all around the world for many reasons, including the risks to the thing that is being cloned, cloning reduces genetic differences and finally it is not ethical. Almost every clone has mysteriously died even before they are born.
This paper will examine the characteristics that it takes to being considered a species that is fully human. We will be focusing on who the Neantherthals and the Denisovans were, and what evidence do we have. Lastly, based through research, we will conclude whether Neanderthals were, and how they lived. Lastly, based through research, we will conclude whether Neanderthal’s meet the requirements to being considered fully human.