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Re:Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Tolkien Elves by oh_sigh on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:25PM (#22467160)
Did Tolkien predict epigenetics?
Re:Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Tolkien Elves by riffraff on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:38PM (#22467313)
Before epigenetics we had Lamarckism[0] and in The Island of Dr. Moreau visisection is used to create humanoid beings from animals[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau