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“Neanderthals might think differently than we do. We know that they had a larger cranial size. They could even be more intelligent than us. When the time comes to deal with an epidemic or getting off the planet or whatever, it's conceivable that their way of thinking could be beneficial.”

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George M. Church

George M. Church is a renowned geneticist born on August 28, 1954. He has made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of genome editing and synthetic biology, particularly in the research and application of CRISPR-Cas9 technology. Professor Church teaches at Harvard University and MIT and serves as a consultant for several biotechnology companies. more

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