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ScienceDaily (May 21, 2011) - Over four billion years of evolution, plants and animals grew far more complex than their single-celled ancestors. But a new comparison of proteins shared across species finds that complex organisms, including humans, have accumulated structural weaknesses that may have actually launched the long journey from microbe to man.

Automated genetic tinkering is just the start - this machine could be used to rewrite the language of life and create new species of humans