dc.contributor.author | Freeland, Wesley | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | When I examine the driving forces of progress in modern humanity, I cannot help but recall author Leo Frankowski's musings on the subject of genetic manipulation as a way to drive human evolution. He posed a simple question: If a group of gorillas were asked to build an evolutionarily superior ape given unlimited genetic material and a complete working knowledge of genetic engineering, what traits would they choose to impart to this new creature? | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | Artifacts ; issue 08 (2013) | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/38985 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Artifacts ; issue 08 (2013) | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject | genetic engineering | eng |
dc.subject | desirable traits | eng |
dc.subject | Better Ape Fallacy Loop | eng |
dc.subject | monoculture | eng |
dc.subject | American meat market | eng |
dc.subject | Rockville, MO | eng |
dc.subject | stagnating worker rights | eng |
dc.title | Who will build the better ape? | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |