Originally Posted by Aimee Weber

But for what we understand about the Neanderthal, it was likely sentient, used tools, was capable of abstract thought, and it understood death and its own mortality. If we were to create a Neanderthal now, we would be responsible for a being that may very well sit up from the experimenter's bench and ask us why we did what we did, where he could find his fellow Neanderthals, will he ever find a mate, where does HE fit in our society, and why the hell are you sticking that needle in his arm.