The 99 and 4Shbab are just two of many examples of this sort of Islamic cross cultural hybridization.

Humans have been engaging in genetic modification through selection and hybridization for millennia. Breeders routinely use radiation or chemical mutagens on seeds to scramble a plant s DNA and generate new traits.

Humans biological hybridization with technology also requires new vocabulary. At the MIT Media Lab, double amputee Hugh Herr has pioneered biomechatronics, which combines biology, mechanical engineering, and electronics to invent efficient, lifelike prosthetics.

Given this hybridization, some researchers argue that the species boundary between modern humans and Neanderthals should be reconsidered, and that both should be classified as Homo sapiens. But I believe that a morphology based species distinction is still warranted.

Societies and governments must drive this shift by boosting technology s role in both the form and content of educational curricula. Improved technological capacity would not only help citizens to compete for jobs it would help countries thrive in the new global environment of increasing hybridization.

Today, remnants of this DNA amounting to roughly 3 of some people s genomes are present in Australasia. This indicates that the Denisovans must have existed not just in Siberia, but also along the southeast Asian route that early modern humans used to reach Australasia, where the hypothesized hybridization occurred.