Scientists have spliced monkey brains with human genes in a bizarre “Planet of the Apes” experiment.
The experiments were conducted by the Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany and the Central Institute for Experimental Animals in Japan. Japanese and German researchers jointly injected a gene called ARHGAP11B -- which directs stem cells in the human brain -- into the dark matter of marmoset fetuses, according to a release about the historic research.
After the process, the scientists discovered that the primates’ brains had become more human-like by developing larger, more advanced neocortexes in the area that controls cognition and language, according to the study published in the journal Science earlier this year in June.
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