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=== Human cloning ===
Haldane was the first to have thought of the genetic basis for [[human cloning]], and the eventual artificial breeding of superior individuals. For this he introduced the terms "clone" and "cloning",<ref>{{cite book|title=Should scientists pursue cloning?|last=Thomas|first=Isabel|publisher=Raintree|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4062-3391-9|location=London|page=5}}</ref> modifying the earlier "clon" that had been used in agriculture since the early 20th century (from Greek ''klōn'', twig). He introduced the term{{Citation needed|date=July 2024|reason=term is not introduced in speech}} in his speech on "Biological Possibilities for the Human Species of the Next Ten Thousand Years" at the ''[[Ciba Foundation]] Symposium on Man and his Future'' in 1963. He said:<ref>{{cite book|title=Man and his future|last=Haldane|first= J.B.S.|publisher=J. & A. Churchill|year=1963|isbn=978-0-470-71479-9|editor-last=Wolstenholme|editor-first= Gordon|series=Novartis Foundation Symposia|location=London|pages=337–361|chapter=Biological Possibilities for the Human Species in the Next Ten Thousand Years|doi=10.1002/9780470715291.ch22|chapter-url=http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/Haldanebioposs.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108083010/http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/Haldanebioposs.htm|archive-date=8 November 2014}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|It is extremely hopeful that some human cell lines can be grown on a medium of precisely known chemical composition. Perhaps the first step will be the production of a clone from a single fertilized egg, as in ''Brave New World''...
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