"Joseph Delaney - Brainchild" - читать интересную книгу автора (Delaney Joseph)

"Yes."
"All of them?"
"All except Adam."
"For what purpose, Doctor?"
"So that the bodies, particularly the brain, could be examined in
detail."
"It was the brain development that primarily concerned you?"
"Yes."
"Any particular part of the brain?"
"Yes, the frontal area."
"Why?"
"This is the part of the brain where conceptual thought takes place,
anyway in human beings."
"Don't animals think. Dr. Blatchley?"
"Yes, but not the same as you and I. In the case of the apes the
threshold of reason is relatively near, but they haven't crossed it."
"Not even Adam, Dr. Blatchley?"
"Adam's a special case. There has never been anything like him before."
"Are you saying you do not know?"
"Yes. Someday we may know but we don't yet have enough information
to measure his full capabilities. He's too young."
"Well, Doctor, Adam's six, I believe. Is that right?"
"That's his chronological age, but he's still a child. Normal chimps don't
mature until eight or nine. We don't know what the alterations have done
to Adam's metabolism or how they'll affect his life span. That's one of the
things we're trying to find out."
"And is that why he hasn't been killed and studied like the others?"
Blatchley was ready for this. Ruth had anticipated it and warned him to
expect it. The turning point of his testimony had been reached. From now
on he could expect Monte to get mean. He answered carefully.
"As I said, Adam's a special case. No, we never considered killing him.
He's the proof of the experiment's success. We should learn enough by
observing him to confirm Dr. Schoonover's findings."
"O.K. Let's talk about your observations. Do you take an active part in
the experiments with Adam?"
"Yes, I do."
"Does he, in your opinion, and based on your observation, differ from
his parents?"
"Yes."
"How is he different?"
"Well, to begin with, he doesn't have a pelt. He isn't hairy except on his
head, like a man."
"What else, Doctor?"
"The foramen magnum is farther forward, so his head has a better
balance than a chimp's, and his pelvic girdle is different, too. His legs are
set back farther. He walks more erect than a chimp, but still not like a
man. He doesn't have the S-curve."
"What is the S-curve?"
"It's a pair of curves in the spinal column, one concave, the other
convex, which cancel each other out. Only human beings have it. If we