VR sculpture + soft body simulation + such a nice jelly substance!
In 2016, a Russian scientist published on his
YouTube channel a video-documentation of the experiment by which he
through which he created Homunculus. Homunculus was created from
combination of an unfertilised chicken egg with human sperm.
Already nine years earlier, the British HFEA (The Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authority), which regulates research
of the human foetus and the medical aspects of reproduction,
approved the creation of human-animal embryos for research purposes
human-animal embryos.
So far, researchers have argued that yes, hybridisation
interspecies hybridisation does occur, even spontaneously, but the
parental individuals must show a high degree of genetic compatibility
genetic compatibility. This can only mean one thing: we are not as
as far from other species as it seemed so far ...
So what will be the fate of the creature brought to life?
Genetic research will certainly soon be able to
determine the percentage of human and chicken genes
in the newly created individual. However, it remains to be seen whether this will allow
avoid legal problems. Will the Homunculus
Homunculus will be granted human rights, or will animal rights apply?
animal rights?
We will have to wait to find out the answers to these and many other questions.
answers to these and many other questions are yet to come, but undoubtedly the creation of a completely new species
However, the emergence of a completely new species allows us to put the reports
that we are living in a time of another massive
extinction of species.