"I just don't understand why you would do that just to prove you can," Parkey says of creating a Neanderthal. "You're not going to create something that's kind of a good life", he adds, referring to the idea of breeding humans with Neanderthals in hopes they will mate and have children. The interview airs on CNN at 10 p.m. ET/PT Monday through Thursday.

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