Waking the dead: Scientists reconstruct nuclear genome of extinct human being

Waking the dead: Scientists reconstruct nuclear genome of extinct human being

The reconstruction serves as blueprint that scientists can use to give a description of how the pre-historic Greenlander, Inuk, looked -- including his tendency to baldness, dry earwax, brown eyes, dark skin, the blood type A+, shovel-shaped front teeth, and that he was genetically adapted to cold temperatures, and to what extend he was predisposed to certain illnesses.

Five years ago this kind of genetic blue-printing was science fiction. Where will it lead?