http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CyFtKlqVio
Genetic experiments have been going on for much, much longer than just the past 10 years or so. Some say they have always gone on.
1996 Movie: Island of Dr. Moreau
The Project Gutenberg EBook of THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU, by H. G. Wells (from the original 1896 edition).
De Heilige Moeder van Abel en Haar Nakomelingen 