Man = God?

An interesting science post on the Sydney Morning Herald

SCIENTISTS have created artificial life for the first time. They have developed a tiny new bacterium, or "synthetic cell", that is controlled by man-made DNA.
The technological advance is the culmination of 15 years of research costing more than $47 million by a team led by Craig Venter, a controversial American biologist and entrepreneur.
The breakthrough promises the creation of new, useful synthetic bacteria that can clean up pollution or produce energy, but there are also concerns man-made microbes could escape the lab or be used as weapons by terrorists.

Man has become the creator of life....

Doing archaelogy via DNA

The ABC has reported that Australian scientists have mapped the entire DNA sequence of a 4000 year old human remains.

"It gave some fascinating insights into its biology, like he had certain genes that were more adaptive to living in the cold," Dr Bunce said.
"We can tell his blood type. We can tell he had a dry type of ear wax, and you can make hypotheses about his eye colour and hair colour.
"It's sort of a new way of doing archaeology, which is exciting."

This is pretty interesting science it makes me wonder what implications there will be for looking at the evolutionary process. Such as will it reveal the evolutionary 'missing link. I wonder if Dawkins will have any thoughts on this...'