Ugly Little Boy
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Presents the story by Isaac Asimov about a child brought back through time from the Neanderthal age by a group of scientists who ignore the human factor in their experiment.
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In this adaptation of a short story by Isaac Asimov, a group of scientists bring a Neanderthal child through time to their futuristic world, 40,000 years advanced. To watch over him, they select a nurse whose career has been characterized by an absence of emotional attachments. In spite of herself, the nurse sympathizes with the primitive creature's subjection to laboratory tests and tries to surmount communication barriers. As the scientists prepare to send the child back in time, the nurse makes a climactic decision.
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